Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State?: Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women

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Manchester University Press, 2003 - History - 298 pages

Published in association with the United Nations, this book builds on the existing body of literature on gender and democratization by looking at the relevance of national machineries for the advancement of women. It considers the appropriate mechanisms through which the mainstreaming of gender can take place, and the levels of governance involved; defines what the interests of women are, and how and by what processes these interests are represented to the state policy making structures. Global strategies for the advancement of women are considered, and how far these have penetrated at national level, illuminated by a series of case studies - gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic countries, the Ugandan ministry of Gender, Culture and Social services, gender awareness in Central and Eastern Europe, and further examples from South Korea, the Lebanon, Beijing and Australia.

 

Contents

SHIRIN M
1
SHIRIN M
15
KATHLEEN STAUDT
40
ANNE MARIE GOETZ
69
NÜKET KARDAM AND SELMA ACUNER
96
The role of the womens movement
117
The National Commission on the Role
131
National machinery for gender equality
146
WENDY STOKES
184
KWESIGA
203
SHIRIN M
223
MARIAN SAWER
243
SHIRIN M
265
Bibliography
275
Index
293
Copyright

ZUZANA JEZERSKA
167

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