Successfully mainstreaming gender in EU development cooperation and the role of the EU, the partner country and civil society: a best and worst cases analysis.

The proposed research seeks to examine which factors contribute to successful gender mainstreaming of European Union (EU) development aid towards individual developing countries by analysing 16 as-yet unexplained best and worst-case practices. There are three hypotheses linked to a set of independent variables: the first hypothesis focuses on factors related to the preferences and interests of the EU; the second hypothesis concentrates on internal political and governance factors in the partner country; and the third hypothesis explores the role of civil society in the partner country.The ultimate aim of the project is to determine empirically under which circumstances gender mainstreaming works and contribute to the mostly theoretically oriented gender mainstreaming literature.

Keywords:GENDER MAINSTREAMING, EUROPEAN UNION

Disciplines:Other economics and business, Citizenship, immigration and political inequality, International and comparative politics, Multilevel governance, National politics, Political behaviour, Political organisations and institutions, Political theory and methodology, Public administration, Other political science

Project type:Collaboration project