working group

Where have we got in gender mainstreaming?

Women have been underrepresented in the EFGP Council for years now, and the situation is actually getting worse. This is directly linked to the sorry state of women's representation in many member parties themselves. Also, there is no structural gender mainstreaming in the position papers of the EFGP. The specific situation of women is often disregarded.
In a one hour workshop, we will discuss the current situation regarding gender representation and mainstreaming in the EFGP and the member parties, and try to find concrete solutions. This will be done on the basis of a resolution ('resolution on gender balance and gender mainstreaming in the EFGP'). In this resolution, several measures are proposed to improve the gender balance in the Federation and to make gender mainstreaming a structural feature in Federation position papers. The purpose of the workshop is to give concrete follow-up to these measures.

(ATT: this workshop will take place before the other workshops on saturday noon and last for only an hour.)

· word of welcome by the chair
- welcome to all participants

· introduction on gender politics in the EFGP
- current situation of representation of women in the EFGP Council and member parties, absence of gender mainstreaming in position papers
- introduction of the proposed resolution

· discussion on measures proposed in the resolution and follow-up (40 min.)
- promoting balanced gender representation in the EFGP
- promoting balanced gender representation in the member parties
- gender mainstreaming in the EFGP

· conclusions

Marije Cornelissen
GroenLinks, the Netherlands
mvcornelissen@hotmail.com

Sabine Brauer
Politische Landesgeschäftsführerin
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Nordrhein-Westfalen
Jahnstr. 52 - 40215 Düsseldorf
Tel. +49 211-38666-15, Fax: +49 211-38666-99
brauer@gruene-nrw.de