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Gender sense & sensitivity Policy evaluation on women’s rights and gender equality (2007-2014)

Netherlands · National · See the Netherlands profile

Twenty years ago, the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted. As "an agenda for women’s empowerment", it aimed at "removing all the obstacles to women’s active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural an

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Promoter
Policy and Operations Evaluation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands (IOB) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands — website
Power domain
Political Power, Economic Power
Methods / tools
Awareness-raising, Monitoring
Keywords
gender diversity policy evaluation, gender policy implementation, women empowerment, women participation

Context

An evaluation report by the Netherlands' Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) reviewing the attention given to women's rights and gender equality in Dutch international policy between 2007 and 2014, informed by the Beijing Platform for Action.

Results

The report reflects on policy results achieved over the period and finds that gender equality remained more a matter of policy intentions than full implementation, including within the Netherlands itself, arguing that sustained gender sensitivity is needed to address persistent gendered inequalities.

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