Research handbook on gender mainstreaming / edited by Sophie Jacquot (professor of political science, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Belgium), Petra Ahrens (Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Tampere University, Finland), Serena D'Agostino (senior researcher in political science, University of Antwerp, Belgium), Sonia Palmieri (associate professor, Australian National University, Australia) and Gisela Zaremberg (full professor researcher in gender studies and political sociology, Facultad Latino Americana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Mexico).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacquot, Sophie, editor.

Ahrens, Petra, editor.

D'Agostino, Serena, editor.

Palmieri, Sonia, editor.

Zaremberg, Gisela, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender mainstreaming--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Gender mainstreaming.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (554 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Research Handbook draws on interdisciplinary approaches to understand the integration of gender+ equality into policymaking worldwide. Leading international experts examine how gender mainstreaming has evolved, why it matters and where improvements can be made. Contributors engage with the theoretical and practical application of gender mainstreaming across diverse policy areas, such as health, education, climate and migration. Chapter authors discuss key topics including feminist theory, polarization, gender-based violence and decolonization. They also address gender mainstreaming's limitations and potential future, encouraging reflexive and forward-looking thinking in order to ask whether the concept remains a useful and transformative strategy. The Research Handbook on Gender Mainstreaming is an indispensable reference for students and academics in gender studies, political science, public policy and sociology. It also provides valuable practical tools for practitioners, policymakers and activists involved in advancing gender+ equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: Thirty years of gender mainstreaming - promises, limitations, and the future of equality / Petra Ahrens, Serena D'Agostino, Sophie Jacquot, Sonia Palmieri and Gisela Zaremberg

Part I: Theoretical and historical perspectives

2. Gender mainstreaming as a driver of feminist theory? From policy to theory / Fiona Beveridge

3. Defining gender mainstreaming: A history of feminist thinking and action / Cinnamon Bennett

4. Gender mainstreaming and feminist theory and praxis: An exercise in reflexivity / Heather MacRae and Cherry Miller

5. Gender mainstreaming and the state / Gwenaëlle Perrier

Spotlight 1: The Beijing platform: the birth of gender mainstreaming as a feminist approach? / Nava San Miguel Abad

Spotlight 2: The rapid diffusion of gender mainstreaming / Hana Hanifah and Jacqui True

Spotlight 3: Gender mainstreaming as a buzzword: The ups and downs of a concept / Alison E. Woodward

Part II: Actors and tools

6. Social movement and gender mainstreaming: Convergent or divergent? / Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá

7. Gender mainstreaming and public opinion: Misuse, polarization and antigender equality views / Vera Lomazzi and Isabella Crespi

8. Gender equality machineries as critical actors in gender mainstreaming across the globe / Summer Forester and Amy G. Mazur

9. Gender mainstreaming in parliaments: Rule efficacy in the European and Fijian parliaments / Petra Ahrens and Sonia Palmieri

10. The design and implementation of gender mainstreaming: A complex story / Petra Meier and Lis Van Herck

11. Breaking barriers: Integrating gender perspectives into monitoring, evaluation, and statistics for meaningful change / Thania de la Garza Navarrete and Liv Lafontaine Navarro

12. Gender budgeting as an effective policy and advocacy tool / Zorana Antonijević

13. Gender mainstreaming and legislation 30 years later: The impact of international action on gender mainstreaming on legislation and gender outcomes at national level / Maria Mousmouti

14. Gender training and gender expertise to support gender mainstreaming / Lut Mergaert and Marcela Linková

Spotlight 4: Gender mainstreaming as democratic innovation / Paloma Caravantes and Emanuela Lombardo

Spotlight 5: Femocrats and gender mainstreaming: Catalysts for gender equality in Brazil / Simone Bohn

Spotlight 6: Gender mainstreaming in high courts / Alba Ruibal

Spotlight 7: Illuminating inequalities and transforming policy through gender impact assessment / Hannah Johnson

Part III: Policy perspectives

15. Gender mainstreaming in social policy / Elena Zacharenko and Merita Poni

16. Gender mainstreaming in international cooperation and development policy / Petra Debusscher

17. Women, food safety, and entrepreneurship in rural sub-Saharan Africa / Erika Valerio, Valentina C. Materia, Tacko Ndiaye, Ilaria Sisto and Omnia Rizk

18. Gender mainstreaming in (feminist) foreign policy: A critical analysis on logics of coloniality / Miriam Mona Mukalazi and Fatim Selina Diaby

19. Mainstreaming gender to combat violence against women / Hana Hanifah and Jacqui True

20. Gender mainstreaming in climate change policy / Gill Allwood and Mariola Acosta

21. Mainstreaming gender in research: Between policy gains and political pushback / Marcela Linková and Lut Mergaert

22. Gender mainstreaming and health policy / Rachel Hammersley-Mather

23. Gender mainstreaming in migration policy / Jane Freedman

Spotlight 8: Gender mainstreaming and space policy / Elise Stephenson

Spotlight 9: Gender equality in an algorithmic society: Re-engineering gender mainstreaming as a legal principle for fair AI / Raphaële Xenidis and Birte Böök

Spotlight 10: On the energy transition and extractive industries / Rosalind Cavaghan

Part IV: Institutional perspectives: From the international to the local

24. UN women's mandate to coordinate gender mainstreaming in the UN system / Annalise Moser

25. The African union: Successes and challenges in translating commitment into implementation / Paula Tavares, Tsion Demissie Bergano and Namira Negm

26. Making waves in the Blue Pacific: Gender mainstreaming in and through Pacific regional institutions / Tara Chetty, Josephine Kalsuak, Anita Afford and Margaret Fox

27. Latin America: Regional and national challenges / Gisela Zaremberg

28. European integration as a gender mainstreaming strategy: The case of Eastcentral Europe / Barbara Gaweda

29. Gender mainstreaming in federalized Spain: Developments and potential setbacks in the post-Beijing era / Alba Alonso and Julia Espinosa-Fajardo

Spotlight 11: The gender policy council and mainstreaming in the United States / Ashley English

Spotlight 12: Gender mainstreaming at the local level / Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović

Part V: Limitations, critiques and ways forward

30. The (de)politicization of gender mainstreaming / Emanuela Lombardo and Rebecca Tildesley

31. The transformation of gender mainstreaming in times of illiberalism and de-democratization: The dismantling of gender equality policies in Hungary / Bianka Vida

32. Gender mainstreaming, populism and democratic backsliding: The case of Brexit / Emilia Belknap

33. Overcoming challenges to gender and equality mainstreaming: The promise of an intersectionality-informed framework in Sweden / Olena Hankivsky and Gemma Hunting

34. Decolonizing gender mainstreaming in 'woman, life, freedom' feminist activism / Ladan Rahbari

35. Allies or accomplices? Transforming masculinity in the fight for gender equality in the pacific / Mercy Masta and Romitesh Kant

36. Rethinking gender mainstreaming in the context of anti-gender opposition in the EU: Intersectional coalition politics and participatory democracy as the way forward / Lucrecia Rubio Grundell and Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira

Spotlight 13: Gender mainstreaming and human rights / Joanna Bourke Martignoni

Spotlight 14: Temporal sensitivity in gender mainstreaming / Zorica Sirocic

Spotlight 15: Towards inclusive recovery policies: Mainstreaming gender and intersectionality in pandemic policymaking / María López Belloso and Sofia Strid

Spotlight 16: The critical role of Romani feminism in decolonizing gender mainstreaming / Aldessa Georgiana Lincan.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035353422 (e-book)

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