MAINSTREAMING THE GENDER DIMENSION IN THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY

Diana-Gabriela  REIANU

Authors

Diana-Gabriela REIANU Lecturer PhD, Department of European Studies and Governance, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: diana.reianu@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-5906

Keywords:

Europe 2020, gender, equality

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to underline the importance of the gender dimension, which, unfortunately, was not specifically addressed in any of Europe 2020’s seven flagship initiatives. In spite of the fact that European Union has specific priorities and objectives regarding gender equality, clearly emphasized in the Strategy for equality between women and men, the gender dimension was omitted from those five quantifiable targets, except as regards the employment rate. Hence, the paper aims to emphasize the link between the Commission’s Strategy for equality between women and men (2010-2015), which is the best attempt to define a set of strategic objectives and indicators for gender-related issues, and the Europe 2020 Strategy, which puts forward a set of measures that will generate a smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive model across the European Union, by analyzing each of them, and to highlight that, in order to achieve the Europe 2020 targets, there is a sharp need for mainstreaming gender equality in the Europe 2020 Strategy.

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