Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies: State of the Art and Mapping of Competences Report: Latvia

Authors: 
Aivita Putnina
Language: 
English
Publication Type: 
Report
Year: 
2007
Pages: 
36
Publisher: 
CEU
Place of Publication: 
Budapest
Abstract: 
Gender equality and gender mainstreaming have become prominent research issues with Latvia's accession to the EU. European Union Structural Funds have been directed toward substantial research on gender equality and employment. Most of this funding is still in progress and, at the time of writing, only the first results of EU-initiated projects (e.g. EQUAL programme) were available. The Department of Gender Equality at the Ministry of Welfare promotes research on gender equality and gender equality policy. Its research assesses attitudes towards gender equality and expertise in state institutions in gender equality and especially gender equality in the labor market
Short Description: 

This State of the Art report has the goal of assuring that the QUING researchers start their research using the knowledge that is already available on gender equality policies in a country. In this sense, the State of the Art is a classic literature review, relevant to the different building blocks of the QUING project (LARG, WHY and STRIQ). Added to this, some information is included that facilitates the preparation of the activities in FRAGEN. This report is structured the following way: In the first part a short assessment is made of the annotated bibliography that can be found in the second part of this report. In the second part of the report one will find the actual annotated bibliography. This part maps the most important relevant academic studies and other policy-related literature (reports by IO, INGOs, experts etc.) about each country. The annotated bibliography has been divided into four separate sections. One section covers studies relating to gender equality policies, the following one is on non-employment related articles, the next one is on intimate citizenship related articles and the final one is on gendered violence related articles. In all sections, the accent is on studies that focus on the gender equality aspects of policies relating to these issues. The four sections themselves have been divided into country language studies and English language studies. Comparative studies can be found under a separate heading within these language groups. Next to the bibliography, this part also contains a section relating to the OPERA part of the QUING project in which the most relevant gender training literature that has been produced in the country (e.g. gender equality manuals, gender mainstreaming manuals, gender impact assessment guides) is listed. There is a section related to the FRAGEN part in the QUING project listing the archives or documentation centers specialized in gender equality policies on national level.

Unit: 
Center for Policy Studies (CPS)
Academic Area: 
Equality and Social Justice
Attachment: 
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