European Integral Urban Policies from a Gender Perspective. Gender-Sensitive Measures, Transversality and Gender Approaches

María Jesús Rodríguez-García and Francesca Donati
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María Jesús Rodríguez-García: Centre for Sociology and Urban Policies, The Urban Governance Lab, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. de Utrera, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
Francesca Donati: Centre for Sociology and Urban Policies, The Urban Governance Lab, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. de Utrera, 41013 Sevilla, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: Integrated policy strategies represent an increasingly popular approach in urban development and gender policies. This article analyses the integration between integral urban policies and gender mainstreaming in the European Union. A specific analytical proposal is elaborated and applied to urban policies promoted by the EU in Spain between 1994 and 2013. The Comparative Urban Policy Portfolio Analysis is used to study the inclusion of gender-sensitive policy measures in local project portfolios, their transversality across policy sectors, and the relevance of two main approaches to analyse them. The results show that integral urban development programmes have incorporated gender-sensitive policy measures. Results also show a low level of transversality focused mainly on social integration, although they combine objectives focused on a women-centred approach to classical areas of gender inequality affecting women, i.e., employment, education, health, and a gender approach focused on new welfare challenges linked to care and defamilisation. These results show the relevance of analysing gender approaches included in integral urban policies to comprehend the character of their gender mainstreaming and their potential effects on more gender-equal cities.

Keywords: integrality; urban policies; gender approach; local welfare; defamilisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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