ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/ECW/2011/2
Country: State of Kuwait, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Cluster: Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development
Focus Area: Gender equality, Future of employment
Initiatives: Women’s rights and gender mainstreaming
SDGs: Goal 5: Gender Equality
Keywords: Arab countries, Gender mainstreaming, Government policy, Labour administration, Social integration, Manuals, Public administration, Recommendations, Social work
Gender Mainstreaming in the Policies, Programmes and Activities of Ministries of Labour and Social Affairs in ESCWA Member Countries: Guide
January 2011
The guide underlines the fact that national machineries for women must be involved in the gender mainstreaming process, since those machineries play a key role at the national level in monitoring, implementing, evaluating and following up on all issues that impact women. This guide also contains a comparative analysis of successful actions as set forth in reports drawn up by the ministries of labour and social affairs in Kuwait, Palestine and the Syrian Arab Republic, and reviews methodologies and working methods used to collect and analyse data. Furthermore, the guide aims to disseminate the lessons learned from those studies and contains suggestions on how to step up efforts to promote gender mainstreaming in the plans, policies and programmes of all institutions, with a view to achieving gender parity.
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The guide underlines the fact that national machineries for women must be involved in the gender mainstreaming process, since those machineries play a key role at the national level in monitoring, implementing, evaluating and following up on all issues that impact women. This guide also contains a comparative analysis of successful actions as set forth in reports drawn up by the ministries of labour and social affairs in Kuwait, Palestine and the Syrian Arab Republic, and reviews methodologies and working methods used to collect and analyse data. Furthermore, the guide aims to disseminate the lessons learned from those studies and contains suggestions on how to step up efforts to promote gender mainstreaming in the plans, policies and programmes of all institutions, with a view to achieving gender parity.
