Resources

This section provides resources on gender policies that are available through the Internet as well as those that exist only in hard-copy (in English). Links to government websites in English can be found on this page as well as in the National Review section. Where available, the government websites include Gender Equality Acts, information on the institutional mechanisms for gender equality and/or organisation of gender equality work, publications, and policies and programmes. These websites were one of the main sources from which we have drawn examples of good practices of gender-sensitive policies.

INTERNET RESOURCES		CATEGORY
OECD Development Assistance Committee OECD/DAC Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women`s Empowerment on Development Cooperation A set of practical guidelines for advancing the goals of gender equality and the empowerment of women.		General
Gender Mainstreaming. Conceptual Framework, Methodology and Presentation of Good Practices. Final Report of Activities of the Group of Specialists on Mainstreaming. Council of Europe, Directorate of Human Rights, Section on Equality Between Women and Men. Strasbourg, 1998		Mainstreaming
Handbook on National Machinery to Promote Gender Equality and Action Plans: Guidelines for establishing and implementing National Machinery to promote equality, with examples of good practice. Council of Europe, Directorate of Human Rights, Section on Equality Between Women and Men. Strasbourg, 1998		General
European Institute of Women' s Health Report Identifies the ways in which gender equity could be more effectively promoted within the context of public health policies in the EU.		Health
Gender Mainstreaming in Practice A. G. Neimanis UNDP 2002 Can be found in: UNDP/RBEC Virtual Gender Library		Mainstreaming
Gender Mainstreaming Learning and Information Packs These are intended both as resources for self-training, and for use in workshop situations devoted to gender mainstreaming.		Mainstreaming
Active Aging: A Policy Framework		Population
Mid Life and Older Women's Health - Facts, Figures and Impacts Dr. Rachel Iredale This review provides an overview of the health of mid-life and older women across Europe, capturing both differences and similarities in women's health between the Member States of the European Union (EU) and countries elsewhere.		Health
Women and the Tobacco Epidemics, Challenges for the 21st Century The World Health Organization in collaboration with the Institute for Global Tobacco Control Johns Hopkins School of Public Health		Health

PUBLICATIONS		CATEGORY
Ageing in a Gendered World: Women's Issues and Identities INSTRAW, 1999.		Population
Gender. A Partnership of Equals. ILO, Bureau for Gender Equality, 2000		General
Background Papers: Human Development Report 1995 (Gender Equality) United Nations Development Programme New York: 1996		General
Women in Transition (Regional Monitoring Report. No.6) The MONEE project. CEE/CIS/Baltics. UNICEF Florence: 1999		General
UNIFEM: Progress of the World's Women 2000 This new biennial report examines the progress of the world's women from the mid 1980 to the late 1990s. It concentrates on the economic dimensions of gender equality and women's empowerment in the context of globalisation.		General
Women' s Mental Health: An Evidence Based Review World Health Organization Geneva: 2000		Health
A Reader in Gender Studies for Institutions of Higher Learning UNDP/RBEC, Regional Programme UNOPS 1999		Education
Considerations for Formulating Reproductive Health Laws WHO Second Edition: 2000		Health
Women in Parliament: A Comparative Analysis Study on women' s representation in six countries: Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden. J. Squires, M.Wickham-Jones Manchester, 2001.		Public Life & Decision Making

GOVERNMENT WEBSITES

Canada
Federal Plan of Gender Equality - The Federal Plan is the Government of Canada's a framework for the future for gender equality
Status of Women Canada. The Canadian Experience in Gender Mainstreaming.

Denmark
The Minister for Gender Equality

Finland
Office for the Ombudsman for Equality

Georgia
Gender in Development

Greece
Secretariat General for Equality (GSE)

Iceland
Ministry of Social Affairs

Lithuania
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Ombudsman' s Office

Norway
Ministry of Children and Family Affairs - Gender Equality

Romania
Federal Government

Slovenia
Office for Equal Opportunities

Spain
Instituto de la Mujer (only in Spanish)

Sweden
Ministry of Industry, Employment, and Communications

United Kingdom
Government' s Women' s Unit
Equal Opportunity Commission
National Statistics Office, Gender Statistics