Gender und Nachhaltigkeit – institutionalisierte Gleichstellungsarbeit und Gender Mainstreaming im Umweltbundesamt

Sex and gender approaches in environmental health research: two exemplary case studies of the German environment agency

“…The main project results recommended to create in-house capacity and to follow-up systematically on the relevance of gender and social aspects in the research and the official tasks of the UBA ([2004] 2017, 72–85). Since the end of the pilot project, the UBA has made significant progress towards implementing gender mainstreaming as a comprehensive, institutionalized strategy, informing human resources development and gender competency capacity building, along with enhancing organizational development, research and policy advice (Sauer 2014; UBA [2004] 2017, 7–10). Critically, the structural integration in research design via a gender relevance test through an in-house gender impact assessment of proposed research projects has proven to be beneficial (UBA [2010] 2016).…”

“…gender mainstreaming as a comprehensive, institutionalized strategy, informing human resources development and gender competency capacity building, along with enhancing organizational development, research and policy advice (Sauer 2014;UBA [2004UBA [ ] 2017. Critically, the structural integration in research design via a gender relevance test through an in-house gender impact assessment of proposed research projects has proven to be beneficial (UBA [2010] 2016).…”

“…3 First attempts to integrate sex/gender aspects in health policy making and research date back to as early as 1998, when Anne Burke and Margrit Eichler pioneered in developing the first Gender-Based Analysis manual for Health Canada (Sauer 2018, 210–220).…”

Equality Governance via Policy Analysis?

“…This raises yet another question of how to secure the best available gender expertise when hiring practices in the administrative systems do not support it. For instance, in the case of Germany, only the Federal Environment Agency has so far created a position of a gender mainstreaming expert and researcher (Sauer 2014). 91 | Harding 1987, 188. maintain oppressive social relations.''…”

“…| Case studies of gender mainstreaming practices include (The Council of Europe; Verloo/Verloo 2000;Carney 2004;Donaghy 2004;Hafner-Burton/ Pollack 2007; Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada 2007;Woodward 2008;Osborne et al 2008;Nöbel/Sauer 2014;Sauer 2014). 285 | For research on gender mainstreaming in the EU see (Hafner-Burton/Pollack 2000; Booth/Bennett 2002; Verloo 2005b; Verloo 2005a; Schmidt 2005; Lombardo/Meier 2006; Zimmermann/Metz-Göckel 2007; Müller 2007; Lombardo/Meier 2008; Lombardo 2009; Lombardo/Verloo 2009a; Lombardo/Verloo 2009b Jacquot 2010; Tomic 2010; Kantola 2010b).…”