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How parliaments address women’s issues and mainstream gender in their work is crucial for the promotion and advancement of women’s rights. Experience shows that parliaments address gender issues in various ways. Some attempt to mainstream gender in all existing structures. A growing number have established specific parliamentary committees to address gender issues and equality between men and women. Access to comparative information on the different types of committees, their functioning and mandate is key to developing strategies that will enhance parliaments’ actions to address gender equality.
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Evaluating Parliaments: A Self-Assessment Toolkit for Parliaments
This resource invites parliaments to evaluate their democratic performance against a set of criteria based on the core values set out in IPU’s ground breaking. The purpose is not to rank parliaments and help them identify their strengths and weaknesses against international criteria, in order to determine priorities for strengthening the parliamentary institution.
The Role of Parliamentary Committees in Mainstreaming Gender and Promoting the Status of Women
As part of its efforts to strengthen the capacity of parliaments to promote gender equality and respect for women's rights, the IPU organised a first seminar of parliamentary bodies dealing with gender issues. This publication contains the experts' contributions, extracts of the debates and the summary and recommendations of the Rapporteur of the seminar.
The Role of Parliamentary Committees in Mainstreaming Gender and Promoting the Status of Women
This report provides the conclusions of an IPU seminar for members of parliamentary bodies that deal with gender matters. It documents how to enhance the functioning and policy and legislative outcomes of parliamentary committees dealing with gender equality. Special attention is paid to the question of combating violence against women, and the role of parliaments in this field.
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