Implementation of an effective system for monitoring the application of gender equality policy: Experience from European Union countries

Implementación de un sistema efectivo para el monitoreo de la aplicación de la política de igualdad de género: Experiencia de los países de la Unión europea

Keywords: gender policy, discrimination, control system, equal rights, stereotypes

Abstract

The European Union has been pursuing the policy aimed at achieving equality between women and men for a long time. The adoption of the Law “On Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men” is an important step forward. However, the aspects of the control of compliance with the legislation in the field of gender policy remain poorly advanced and need to be adapted following the experience of developed European countries. The aim of this article was to outline the legislative mechanism for ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men, and to compare it with European legislative experience and practice. During the research, the methods of analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction and comparative analysis were used. As a result of the research, the mechanism for ensuring equal rights and opportunities in Ukraine was determined; the bodies, institutions and organizations empowered in the specified area were described along with the main aspects of gender equality legislation in Ukraine. It is concluded that government officials can use the results obtained during the research to improve some legislative aspects of control over gender policy implementation.

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Author Biographies

Alina Liasota, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine.

PhD., in Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Politology, Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, 49010, Dnipro, Ukraine.

Yuliia Kobets, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

PhD., in Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Institutions and Processes, Faculty of History, Politology and International Relations, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 76018, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

Kateryna Dobkina, State University of Infrastructure and technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Sciences, Dean of Faculty of Law, Institute of Management, Technology and Law, State University of Infrastructure and technologies, 04071, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Valentyna Yakubina, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 01033, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Vadim Penyuk, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Sociology and Law (FSP), National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, 03056, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Published
2023-04-29
How to Cite
Liasota, A., Kobets, Y., Dobkina, K., Yakubina, V., & Penyuk, V. (2023). Implementation of an effective system for monitoring the application of gender equality policy: Experience from European Union countries: Implementación de un sistema efectivo para el monitoreo de la aplicación de la política de igualdad de género: Experiencia de los países de la Unión europea. Political Questions, 41(77), 184-204. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.13

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