Publication
Title
Gender mainstreaming in the EU: incorporating a feminist reading?
Author
Abstract
This article explores the extent to which a feminist reading of gender mainstreaming is incorporated in the EU political discourse by analysing how family policy and gender inequality in politics are framed in EU policy documents. Gender mainstreaming is treated as an open signifier that can be filled with both feminist and non-feminist content. The article provides a set of criteria to assess whether a feminist reading of gender mainstreaming has been adopted. The frame analysis of EU documents on family policy and gender inequality in politics reveals but a partial adoption of a feminist understanding of gender mainstreaming and only in the area of gender inequality in politics.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The European journal of women's studies. - London, 1994, currens
Publication
London : Sage , 2006
ISSN
1350-5068 [print]
1461-7420 [online]
DOI
10.1177/1350506806062753
Volume/pages
13 :2 (2006) , p. 151-166
ISI
000236964700006
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 21.02.2023
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