Gender mainstreaming is specified as a key requirement in the Social Inclusion Process; however, this approach to policy design and monitoring is still under-developed and often absent from National Action Plans. The aim of this report is to inform and help develop the gender mainstreaming of the Social Inclusion Process, drawing on national reports for 30 European countries. It reviews gender differences and inequalities in the risks of poverty and social exclusion, followed by chapters which focus on selected examples of disadvantaged groups to illustrate the relevance of gender mainstreaming for social inclusion policy.
Daniele Meulders & Sile O’Dorchai, Belgium (BE) Roselyn Borg, Malta (MT) Alena Křižkova, Hana Mařikova and Radka Janneke Plantenga, the Netherlands (NL) Dudova, the Czech Republic (CZ) Ingrid Mairhuber, Austria (AT) Ruth Emerek, Denmark (DK) Ania Plomien, Poland (PL) Friederike Maier, Germany (DE) Virginia Ferreira, Portugal (PT) Anu Laas, Estonia (EE) Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrcela, Slovenia (SI) Maria Karamessini, Greece (EL) Magdalena Piscova, Slovakia (SK) Maria Luisa Molto, Spain (ES) Anna-Maija Lehto, Finland (FI) Rachel Silvera, France (FR) Asa Lofstrom, Sweden (SE) Ursula Barry, Sonja Tiernan and Catherine Colette Fagan, Rory Donnelly and Jill Conlon, Ireland (IE) Rubery, the United Kingdom (UK) Paola Villa, Italy (IT) Lilja Mosesdottir, Iceland (IS) Alexia Panayiotou, Cyprus (CY) Ulrike Papouschek, Lichtenstein (LI) Ilze Trapenciere, Latvia (LV) Anne Lise Ellingsaeter, Norway (NO) Vida Kanopiene, Lithuania (LT) Iskra Beleva, Bulgaria (BU) Robert Plasman & Salimata Sissoko, Luxembourg (LU) Elena Zamfir, Romania (RO) Beata Nagy, Hungary (HU)