Political Structures, Mechanisms and Resources
* National laws on women’s rights and gender equality ?
* National laws on gender quotas or parity at the municipal level ?
* Affirmative action policies in municipal political parties ?
* Parity in committees, commissions and para-municipal enterprises ?
* Network of elected women representatives ?
* Council-adopted policy on gender equality (developed through public consultation and carried out via annual municipal plan of action)
* Public consultation policies with mechanisms to encourage women’s participation ?
* Policies and commitments to fight violence against women and to increase their safety ?
* Gender perspective in all programs (including annual municipal budget and sectoral budgets)
* Support of national and international municipal associations (training, networking, etc.)
Administrative Structures, Mechanisms and Resources
* Gender Equality/Women’s Office (with adequate human resources and budget),within central administration, in charge of gender mainstreaming ?
* Annual gender equality action plan (with specific goals, indicators and budget) ?
* Training in gender mainstreaming (for elected officials and staff, men and women)
* Access to gender-disaggregated data on all urban issues?
* Gender impact assessment of urban policies, programs and service deli-very?
* Equal opportunity program for hiring (with specific targets for different types of jobs)
* Information service in boroughs and neighbourhoods/districts ?
* Process to handle citizen requests and complaints from women and men?
Participation and Partnership Structures and Mechanisms
* Women’s advisory council, commission or committee within council to monitor implementation of gender equality policy ?
* Thematic council commissions (with public hearings)
* Public consultation process in boroughs, neighbourhoods or districts ?
* Public consultation process with specific mechanisms to encourage
women’s participation ?
* Women’s advisory councils in the boroughs, neighbourhoods or districts ?
* City-wide civic education campaigns ?
* Projects and activities improving women’s access to services and resources (e.g., walking safety audits, local-to-local Dialogues between men and women elected officials and women’s groups)
* Permanent partnership committees on specific issues (safety, transportation, housing) bringing together women’s groups, community organizations and other public stakeholders, men and women)
* Regular city-wide public assemblies, as well as at the borough, neighbourhood and district level ?
Evaluation
If you checked YES to between 0 and 7 items, you need to get cracking and study what other cities are doing.
You’re on the right road if YES was your answer to
between 8 and 16 items. Keep up the good work.
YES was your answer to between 17 and 27 items?
Congratulations! But please don’t rest on your laurels..
Source: FCM-Federation of Canadian Municipalities
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