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Die Autorinnen analysieren den Kontext und die Voraussetzungen von Evaluationen im Bereich der Gleichstellungspolitik in der Hochschulbildung. Auf der Basis von eigenen Erfahrungen als Evaluatorin und Evaluierte und vor dem Hintergrund allgemeiner Prinzipien von Evaluation beleuchten sie die spezifischen Standards für die Evaluation von Gleichstellungsprogrammen und Einrichtungen zur Förderung der Gleichstellung von Frauen. Sie weisen darauf hin, dass es im deutschsprachigen Raum bisher nur sehr wenige unabhängige Evaluationen von Gleichstellungsprogrammen oder auch von Einrichtungen zur Förderung der Gleichstellung von Frauen gibt, und dass die bisherigen Ansätze zur Evaluation mehrheitlich von den Einrichtungen selbst durchgeführt wurden, die für die Programme verantwortlich waren. Die Autorinnen skizzieren die einzelnen Schritte bei der Durchführung einer Evaluation und weisen auf einige "Fallstricke" hin. Sie ziehen abschließend Schlussfolgerungen für die Geschlechterkompetenz und die Gleichstellungspolitik an Hochschulen. (ICI).

While gender equality policies have been institutionalized and consolidated in Spain until 2008, the 2009-2016 period shows backlash provoked by austerity policies adopted in response to the economic crisis. Institutional dismantlement, budget cuts, legislative standstill, policy reforms with negative gender impacts, and problems of implementation indicate an uncertain future for gender equality policies in Spain. This study maps developments in Spanish gender equality institutions, laws, and policies, including employment, care, political and economic decision-making, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights.

"Gender Equality Policies and European Union Politics" published on by Oxford University Press.

Within the last decade, Spain has become a model in legislative policies for gender equality at the international level. However, the economic crisis has led to a growth in inequality, which has revealed the weaknesses of the adopted instruments. Despite the large amount of legislation in this area, the social reality has not changed at all, even experiencing a setback over the past few years. This situation was exposed in our country by a report issued in 2015 by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This report showed the negative effects of the economic crisis and austerity policies on women, even in a context necessitating increased efforts towards women's rights. Therefore, it is imperative that the concept of gender mainstreaming and the adoption of instruments of "hard law" be revisited. The goal should be to achieve gender justice based on three elements—distribution, identity, and representation—and a real parity democracy.

Within the last decade, Spain has become a model in legislative policies for gender equality at the international level. However, the economic crisis has led to a growth in inequality, which has revealed the weaknesses of the adopted instruments. Despite the large amount of legislation in this area, the social reality has not changed at all, even experiencing a setback over the past few years. This situation was exposed in our country by a report issued in 2015 by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This report showed the negative effects of the economic crisis and austerity policies on women, even in a context necessitating increased efforts towards women's rights. Therefore, it is imperative that the concept of gender mainstreaming and the adoption of instruments of "hard law" be revisited. The goal should be to achieve gender justice based on three elements—distribution, identity, and representation—and a real parity democracy.

ABSTRACTThis article examines Rwanda's gender equality policies with the intention of contributing to the ongoing debate in the literature on the meaning of gender equality initiatives in authoritarian states. The article evaluates the transformative potential of Rwanda's gender equality policies with reference to deep‐rooted societal norms and practices within which gender inequalities are embedded. To this end, the article draws on in‐depth interviews conducted in Rwanda with a range of stakeholders, as well as on documentary research. It explores the factors informing the Rwandan commitment to gender equality, and the positive developments this has brought about, before identifying five trends that threaten the transformative potential of Rwandan gender equality policies. The authors conclude that while a strong political will and target‐driven policies offer opportunities for promoting gender equality, the transformative potential is jeopardized by the dominance of an underlying economic rationale; the neglect of the 'invisible labour' of women; the formalistic implementation of gender policies and their focus on quantitative results; the limited scope for civil society voices to influence policy; and the lack of grassroots participation.

AbstractDo corporate board gender quotas increase attention to gender equality in workplace policies? Existing research examines the link between quotas, financial performance, and women's promotion, but we lack an understanding of how quotas impact the structural determinants of gender imbalance in the workplace. We compare the case of Italy, which adopted a quota in 2011, to a counterfactual country with no quota: Greece. Using a difference‐in‐difference approach, we analyze the corporate reports of publicly listed companies in both countries over time. We find a 50% increase in post‐quota Italian companies' attention to gender equality issues, especially relating to leadership and family care. This increase is not exclusively driven by the share of women on boards, suggesting that quotas influence the importance that both women and men within firms give to gender equality. Qualitative analysis finds that observed changes are not window dressing: companies developed new equality initiatives after the quota.

Madrid has experienced a significant integration of Latin American immigrant women in its domestic service labor market since 2005. The general sentiment among Madrileños is that the phenomenon benefits both Spanish working mothers and immigrant women. We explored the Spanish government's goals of gender equality and some of the realities of domestic working conditions. Subsequently, we asked the question: Do gender equality policies of Madrid's local government exclude and marginalize Latin American immigrant women in the domestic service sector or to what extent do they benefit such women? Through survey data, personal interviews with Latin American women in the domestic service sector, and a review of literature on gender equality theory, we found that the local government's priorities on gender equality are contradictory and myopic. Even though domestic workers report relative respect and economic gains, they experience the effects of inequality under the law and limited opportunities for advancement.

A discursive-sociological approach to the Europeanization of gender and other equality policies. Using largely unpublished empirical data covering twenty-nine European countries this book adopts a pluralistic perspective to explore the complex and often divergent gender and other equality policy outputs of Europeanization.