Measuring gender equality: reflecting on experiences and challenges in the UK and Ireland

Publisher: Policy Press

ISSN: 0305-5736

Source: Policy and Politics, Vol.34, Iss.4, 2006-10, pp. : 597-614

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Abstract

This article focuses on the experience of developing gender equality indicators in the UK and Republic of Ireland and on the challenges confronting policy makers in mainstreaming gender equality into public policies. It identifies the internationalisation of gender equality as a critical pressure on governments to address gender mainstreaming, and summarises the literature on gender equality indicators as a policy response to this demand. It reflects on experiences in the UK and Ireland in developing gender equality indicators and concludes with a discussion of methodological and political challenges confronting policy makers in incorporating gender mainstreaming into general policy concerns.