Gender mainstreaming is a 'leading principle' in the common rules of procedure of the federal ministries in Germany. The federal law on equal opportunities also states that all staff of a ministry or unit, in particular those in leadership positions, are responsible for the implementation of...

Gender mainstreaming is a legal requirement in Finland, as stipulated under the Act on Gender Equality. The act requires that public organisations mainstream gender into their work and create governance and implementation practices that promote gender equality in planning and decision-making. In...

In Spain, gender mainstreaming and training for gender mainstreaming is required by law, according to Article 61 (paragraph 1) of the 2007 law, on equality between women and men. The same law stipulates a requirement in entrance examinations to civil service to test applicants' knowledge of the...

The Estonian Gender Equality Act requires public organisations to mainstream gender into their work. However, the act makes no reference to gender training. As such, no policy commitments to gender training have been identified at the ministry or local/regional level.

A new strategy for gender equality in Denmark was launched in February 2013. The Danish inter-ministerial gender mainstreaming project action plan (2007-11) made reference to the actions that needed to be introduced at Ministry level to train members of staff on creating more opportunities to...

The national action plan, 'Priorities and policies of the government in promoting equal opportunities for women and men', sets out a commitment to mainstreaming gender issues in all policies in the Czech Republic. The plan is implemented through a set of actions agreed each year by the...

The national action plan on gender equality was initiated by the National Machinery for Women's Rights (NMWR) at the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, and adopted by the Council of Ministers in August 2007. The plan includes action on a number of equality themes: (i) employment; (ii) equal...

The main policy commitments in the area of gender equality in Bulgaria are set out in the national strategy for gender equality 2009-15, which aims to 'provide guarantees for equal treatment, equal access to resources and equal participation of both women and men in decision-making, with a view...

Gender mainstreaming in federal policies was enshrined in law on 12 January 2007. At the same time, an interdepartmental coordination group was established, Groupe Interdépartemental de Coordination (GIC), comprising selected representatives of the public federal services. The GIC is regulated...

Since May 2012, French gender equality policies are coordinated by the Ministry of Women's Rights. Gender equality machineries at the regional (Délégations Régionales aux Droits des Femmes et à l'Egalité, DRDFE) and local (Délégations Départementales aux Droits des Femmes et à...