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 ed...

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