Gender Equality in Context : Policies and Practices in Switzerland / Brigitte Liebig, Karin Gottschall, Birgit Sauer

• HerausgeberIn: Liebig, Brigitte Prof. Dr.; Gottschall, Karin Prof. Dr.; Sauer, Birgit Prof. Dr.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Gender Equality has not yet been achieved in many western countries. Switzerland in particular has failed as a forerunner in integrating women in politics and economy. Taking Switzerland as a case study, the authors critically reflect the state of gender equality in different policy areas such as education, family and labour. The collection of articles reveals how gender policies and cultural contexts interact with social practices of gender (in)equality. They also outline the gender(ed) effects of recent changes and reform strategies for scientists, politicians and practitioners.

Table of Contents

Cover ; Gender Equality in Context; Content; 1 Introduction; Gender equality: Policies and practicesin Switzerland; 2 Gender equality policies andtheir implementation; Comparing governance regimes for equal opportunities: Federal administrations as employers in Switzerland, Germany and Austria; 1 Introduction; 2 Case studies of federal administrations; 3 Federal administrations as employers; 4 Comparing institutions for gender equality; 4.1 Equality officers: status, role, and coordination; 4.2 Equality plans: strategic instruments with limited effectiveness

5 Comparing measures for gender equality5.1 Reconciliation of work and family: between part-time employment and parental leave; 5.2 Women's career development: between individual promotion and quotas; 6 Conclusion; References; Whose welfare - whose autonomy? Welfare, work and care in social investment practice; 1 Introduction: Women's work - choices and constraints; 2 Theoretical framework, methods and data; 3 Work as obligation or capability - welfare workers' perspective; 4 Work and care as promises and burdens - clients' perspective; 5 Conclusions; References

Violence against women - an indicator of gender equality?!1 Introduction; 2 State of the art: policy and research in the field ofviolence against women; 2.1 Policy area "gender based violence"; 2.2 Research on violence against women; 3 About the project; 4 Key findings and conclusions; 4.1 Women's view of today's intervention goals; 4.2 Women's experiences regarding the achievement ofintervention goals; 4.3 Implications of today's intervention practice; 4.4 Interventions do not stop violence; 5 Discussion and closing remarks; References

Gender equality and evidence-based policymaking: Experiences from social transfer and tax policy reforms1 Introduction: Problem description; 2 Conceptual and empirical basis of the study; 2.1 The concept of gender equality; 2.2 The concept of evidence-based policy-making; 2.3 Empirical basis of the study; 3 How often, by whom and why is evidence based and gender sensitive knowledge applied?; 3.1 Application frequency of evidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge; 3.2 Influence of institutional actors on the inclusion ofevidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge

3.2.1 The impulse to include evidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge3.2.2 Timing of the inclusion of evidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge; 3.3 Explaining the differences in the inclusion of evidence-based, gender-sensitive knowledge; 3.3.1 The influence of structural inter-cantonal differences; 3.3.2 The influence of procedural differences between the models; 4 Conclusions for an evidence-basedgender equality policy; 5 Reflections and need for research; References; 3 Interdependencies betweengender and other categoriesof social inequality

Varieties of childcare policies in Swiss municipalities: Bounded possibilities for gender-equality and social cohesion