European Women’s Lobby Resource Kit on Institutional Mechanisms for the Promotion of Equality between Women and Men

Institutional mechanisms for equality between women and men are state bodies or institutions, which work on the promotion of women’s rights and equality between women and men. They can be placed at all levels of government (national, regional, local) or within international institutions. Their role is to design, promote the implementation of, execute, monitor, evaluate, advocate and mobilise support for policies aiming at equality between women and men.

The EWL Resource Kit presents information about existing public institutions dealing with equality between women and men at international, European and national level. It aims at helping NGOs and other interested actors to evaluate and influence international and European institutions as well as their national governments and enable them to strengthen weak or inefficient institutional mechanisms dealing with women’s rights and gender equality.

You can download the Resource Kit here.

Contents of the Resource Kit

Introduction                                                                                                  

Section 1: Commitments made in favour of creating institutions dealing with equality between women and men

 1.1. United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

1.2. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

1.3. European Commitments made towards institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women

Section 2: Institutional mechanisms for equality between women and men at international and European level and in EU member States

2.1. United Nations entities specializing in issues of equality between women and men

2.2. United Nations: the proposed strengthening of the Gender Equality Architecture

2.3. Institutional mechanisms for equality between women and men at European level

2.4. Institutional mechanisms for equality between women and men in EU Member States