Fast Forward to Gender Equality: Mainstreaming, Implementation and Leadership

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
	Implementing and mainstreaming gender equality: A fast forward is needed
	Closing gender gaps in public decision making
1.  Closing the implementation gap for gender equality
	1.1. Rationale for the report
	1.2. Objectives of the report
	1.3. Methodology and content
	Note
2.  Getting it right: Institutions, evidence  and accountability for gender equality
	Key findings
	2.1. Introduction
	2.2. Results-focused national strategies for gender equality
	2.3. Promoting gender equality through a dual approach: Gender mainstreaming
		2.3.1. Legal or regulatory foundations of gender mainstreaming
		2.3.2. Gender impact assessments as a gender mainstreaming tool
	2.4. Government structures and institutional mechanisms to promote gender equality
		2.4.1. The Cabinet or the Council of Ministers
		2.4.2. Centre of government
		2.4.3. Central gender equality institutions and co-ordination mechanisms
		2.4.4. Line ministries
		2.4.5. Multi-level governance mechanisms
	2.5. Evidence-driven decision making
		2.5.1. Gender-disaggregated data
		2.5.2. Towards citizen engagement in advancing gender equality
	2.6. Accountability and oversight for gender equality
		2.6.1. Parliaments and parliamentary committees
		2.6.2. Strengthening the role of supreme audit institutions
	Note
3.  Achieving gender-sensitive policy outcomes:  The role of government tools
	Key findings
	3.1. Introduction
	3.2. Gender budgeting
	3.3. Mainstreaming gender and diversity in the regulatory cycle
		3.3.1. Mapping country approaches to assessing the gender equality-related impacts of regulations
		3.3.2. Challenges and limitations to assessing gender-related impacts of regulations
		3.3.3. The principle of proportionality
		3.3.4. Beyond RIA: Understanding the full regulatory cycle from a gender  and diversity perspective
	3.4. Advancing gender equality and inclusiveness through public procurement
		3.4.1. A snapshot of approaches used by countries to advance gender equality through public procurement
		3.4.2. Support mechanisms and safeguards for implementation
		3.4.3. Limitations and challenges
		3.4.4. The principle of proportionality and value for money
		3.4.5. Applying a gender lens throughout the procurement cycle
	3.5. Towards gender-sensitive government tools
	Notes
4.  A gender-equal public service:  Challenges, progress and behavioural insights
	Key findings
	4.1. Introduction
	4.2. Trends in gender equality in the public service
		4.2.1. Central public service employment  trends
		4.2.2. Gender gaps in part-time employment
		4.2.3. Women’s representation in occupational groups
	4.3. Strategic planning and institutional framework for gender-sensitive people management in the public service
		4.3.1. People management plans for gender equality
		4.3.1. Institutional frameworks for promoting gender balance in the public sector
		4.3.2. Leadership and accountability for promoting gender equality within  the civil service at the central level
	4.4. Integrating gender considerations into people management frameworks
		4.4.1. Need for new and innovative approaches to address roots of inequalities
		4.4.2. Setting targets
		4.4.3. Data, transparency and reporting requirements
		4.4.4. Applying behavioural insights to the recruitment processes
		4.4.5. Attracting and retaining talent
		4.4.6. Preventing sexual harassment
		4.4.7. Addressing the gender wage gap
		4.4.8. Reconciliation of professional and personal life in the public service
			A behavioural insights approach to flexible work
			Family leave and overcoming the “motherhood penalty”
			Child care facilities
	Notes
5.  Gender-sensitive practices in the judiciary
	Key findings
	5.1. Introduction
	5.2. Composition of the judicial workforce across the OECD: Current trends
	5.3. Key barriers to gender equality in the judiciary
	5.4. A snapshot of recent policy initiatives to remove remaining barriers to gender equality
		5.4.1. Reconciliation of professional and personal life in the judiciary
	5.5. Towards results-based planning for gender equality and diversity  in the judiciary
		5.5.1. Strategic planning and institutional frameworks
		5.5.2. Resources and capacities
		5.5.3. Generating evidence through continuous monitoring
	5.6. Towards gender-sensitive judicial decision making
	Notes
6.  Access to politics and gender-sensitive legislatures
	Key findings
	6.1. Introduction
	6.2. Gender equality in politics: What worked?
	6.3. Gender composition of ministerial positions across the OECD
	6.4. Composition of legislatures across the OECD: Current trends
		6.4.1. Legislatures
		6.4.2. Parliamentary leadership and committees
		6.4.3. Parliamentary administrations/secretariats
	6.5. Remaining barriers in gender-sensitive legislatures
		6.5.1. Barriers to women running for elected office and equal access to leadership positions in the parliament
	6.6. Pathways to women’s leadership in politics
		6.6.1. Parliamentary gender equality policies and strategies
		6.6.2. Legislated gender quotas
		6.6.3. Internal political party dynamics, voluntary gender quotas and other special measures within political parties
		6.6.4. The effects of gender quotas – legislated and voluntary
		6.6.5. Gender equality mechanisms within election management bodies
		6.6.6. Promoting work-life balance for parliamentarians and staff
			Maternity, paternity and parental leave in parliaments
			Parliamentary working and sitting hours
		6.6.7. Gender-sensitive workplaces in parliaments
			Towards a culture of respect: Combating harassment and discrimination
			Gender-sensitive communications and outreach
			Engaging men in parliamentary gender equality efforts
			Complementary policy solutions
	6.7. Gender mainstreaming in the work of the legislatures
		6.7.1. Gender equality committees: Roles and responsibilities
			The impact of gender equality committees
		6.7.2. Gender mainstreaming mechanisms in parliaments
			Parliamentary gender analysis
		6.7.3. Challenges related to gender mainstreaming in parliamentary work
	6.8. Mechanisms for gender equality oversight
		6.8.1.  Gender mechanisms in parliamentary oversight
		6.8.2. Gender equality mechanisms: Women’s caucuses
			Gender-sensitive parliamentary oversight of budgets
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