gender mainstreaming

English

Etymology

Proposed at the third UN World Conference on Women, held in 1985.

Noun

gender mainstreaming (uncountable)

  1. A public policy concept to achieve gender equality.
    • 2013 September 9, Les Roopanarine, “Development jargon decoded: gender mainstreaming”, in The Guardian‎:
      In Vienna, they implemented gender mainstreaming by putting a picture of a long-haired woman wearing boots on emergency exit signs. Previously, it was a man.

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