Gender Budgeting- Enhancing economic wellbeing through gender mainstreaming
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Gender Budgeting- Enhancing economic wellbeing through gender mainstreaming
- 1. Gender Budgeting Enhancing economic wellbeing through gender mainstreaming Anna Lilja Gunnarsdóttir, Permanent Secretary OECD Roundtable on Better Governance for Gender Equality, Reykjavík May 17-18, 2017
- 2. Governance, Organisation and Tools 2 » Ministry of Welfare is the Minstry for Gender Equality » Centre for Gender Equality is located in Akureyri (2000) » Gender Equality Council, with 11 members from the labour market and from different NGOs » Act on Gender Equality (2008) » Government’s Plan of Action on Gender Equality 2016-2019 Includes a plan on gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting » Biennial Conference on the Status of Gender Equality » Action Group on Equal Pay » Nordic Cooperation » International Cooperation Organisation Tools
- 3. 100 Years of Women‘s Suffrage in Iceland 1915-2015
- 4. 12 Women in Parliament from 1923-1983
- 5. Political Representation in Parliament (Elections to the Althing) 95% 95% 95% 95% 85% 79% 76% 75% 65% 70% 68% 57% 60% 52% 5% 5% 5% 5% 15% 21% 24% 25% 35% 30% 32% 43% 40% 48% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1971 1974 1978 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2009 2013 2016 Men Women
- 6. Key dates for Gender Equality in Iceland 1915 Women over 40 gain national suffrage & the right to hold office 1970 First female Cabinet Minister 1997-2003 Paternity leave 1922 The first woman elected to Alþingi 1976 The first Gender Equality Act and the Gender Equality Council is founded 2009-2010 Laws on prostitution 1920 All women gain national suffrage & the right to hold office 1975 Women nationwide take a day off on October 24th 2009 First female prime minister in Iceland 1911 Women get equal rights to grants, study & civil service 1961 Equal Pay Act approved by Alþingi 1995 Equal rights of women and men stated in the consitution 2015 Law on Gender budgeting 1908 Womain gain local suffrage & the right to hold office The first women‘s list participates in local elections in Reykjavík 1957 The first female mayor in an Icelandic municipality 1982-1983 Women‘s alliance runs in Parlement & local elections for the first time 2012 Equal Pay Standard 1882 Widows & single women gain local suffrage 1926 The first Icelandic woman defends a doctoral thesis 1980 The first nationally elected female president in the world 2011 Law on removing a perpetrator from a home 2017 Law proposal on certification of Equal Pay 2010 Law on gender quotas on company boards
- 7. Why Gender Budgeting? Benefits of Gender Budgeting Informed Decisions Better utilization of public funds Improved economic management Progress towards equality Decision making is informed by the analysis of gender impact Discrimination is costly and has a negative economic impact on societies. Public decisions effect where people live, birth rate, job participation, etc. GB often results in improved work processes Equality has still not been achieved but most of us wish to live in an equal society.
- 8. kjdf Equality – yes, please Thank you for you attention! 8