Quelle: European Journal of Politics and Gender, (2022) , S 1–17
Inhalt: The aim of this article is to provide empirical insights into the process of building solidarity. I focus on the way in which feminist movements are funded and discuss the question of the structural conditions for building feminist solidarities within movements that already display different hierarchies of income, visibility and recognition. My key message is that feminist solidarities are more easily produced if feminist movements challenge traditional alliances of money, expertise and power, and thus propose an alternative to ‘NGO-isation’. I outline the particular practices of participatory grant-making of the Polish Feminist Fund and argue that such organisation practices may foster greater solidarities across different identities, issues and locations, and result in the more politically oriented redistribution of funds to those who are in most pressing need of support.
Contested gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament: political groups and committees as gatekeepers
Autor/in:
Elomäki, Anna; Ahrens, Petra
Quelle: European Journal of Politics and Gender, 5 (2022) 3, S 322–340
Inhalt: This article analyses the implementation of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament and aims at deciphering the role of its committees and political groups in advancing or hindering the integration of gender perspectives. The article engages with feminist institutionalism and micro-political approaches, and is based on interview and documentary data. It examines how formal and informal institutions and micro-political strategies within committees and political groups affect the abilities of this representative European Union institution to ensure a gender perspective is present in European Union policies. We suggest that although the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (the gender-focused parliamentary body) oversees gender mainstreaming, committees and political groups, as the core actors of European Parliament policymaking, are the gatekeepers that determine the outcomes. Our findings advance understandings of the limits of gender mainstreaming in European Union policymaking and shed light on the specific challenges of gender mainstreaming and broader gender equality change in parliaments.
Schlagwörter:European Parliament; feminist institutionalism; gender equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Politics and government
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Policy evaluation and gender mainstreaming in the European Union: the perfect (mis)match?
Autor/in:
Minto, Rachel; Mergaert, Lut; Bustelo, María
Quelle: European Journal of Politics and Gender, (2020)
Inhalt: This article assesses the ability of the European Commission’s current approach to policy evaluation to evaluate gender mainstreaming and, in turn, other cross-cutting social agendas (Articles 8–10 TFEU). Taking European Union research policy as a case study, through our analysis, we reveal mismatches between current evaluation standards adopted within the Better Regulation framework and requirements for effectively assessing progress towards cross-cutting social objectives, such as gender equality. The article concludes with a series of recommendations to overcome the identified shortcomings. Our analysis constitutes a key contribution to the development of feminist scholarship on the post-implementation phase of the policy process.
Schlagwörter:Europa; Europäische Kommission; Evaluationsforschung; impact analysis; political science; Politikfeldanalyse; Politikwissenschaft; social aspects
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Gleichstellungspolitik