Re: gender-mainstreaming

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

FriggaHaug@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Living in Germany I usually get involved with bits and pieces from the US. In
> this case we have a new concept here - which is number one a hitlist of
> concepts, and it is in English - called gender-mainstreaming
> can anyone tell me, where this comes from, who uses it, what does it mean
> and perhaps even some literature, where it is dealt with?

A google search turns up lots of hits. The first two are:

<http://www.dhdirhr.coe.fr/equality/Eng/Final%20Report%20Mainstreaming.html>

and

<http://www.undp.org/gender/policies/guidance.html>.

Apparently it means bringing issues of gender equity into the
mainstream of policy-making.
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