Policy cycle

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4. Policy c ycle

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4. Policy cycle

Integrating the gender perspective in a polic y

means that equality between women and men,

as the overarching principle, should be taken

into consideration in all decisions, in each phase

of the policymaking process, by all the actors

involved.

Methods and tools Methods and tools

Methods and tools

Methods and tools

Define

In this phase it is recommended that information

be gathered on the situation of women and men

in a particular area. This means looking for gender

disaggregated data and gender statist ics, checking

for the existence of previous research or projects,

and/or evaluations from previous periods.

Examples of gender and migration statistics

The Eurostat database on migration and integration

provides statistical information on migration data,

as well as on indicators on migrants’ integration.

All data are sex-disaggregated.

The database on migration and migrant population

includes information about:

– migration flows;

– migrant population;

– acquisition of citizenship.

The database on asylum and managed migration

provides data on:

–

asylum (first-time applications: age and

gender, unaccompanied minors applying

for asylum, firs t instance and final decision

on asylum);

–

Dublin statistics (covering information on

persons subjects to the Dublin regulation);

– residence permits;

– children in migration (asylum statistics and

residence permit information on unaccom-

panied minors).

A thematic section on indicators on migrant s and

migrant integration provides a set of indicators on

relevant integration issues, in particular:

– social inclusion (income and poverty rates,

leaving conditions, material deprivation);

– health (status and care);

–

education (higher education attainment,

early school leavers, those not in educat ion,

employment or training, participation in

lifelong learning);

–

employment (labour status, ac tivity rate,

unemployment, employment and self-em -

ployment);

– active citizenship (long-term residents and

naturalisation rate);

–

Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules on

migrant integration (provides data from ad

hoc modules of the Labour Force Survey

focusing on migrant women and men in the

EU labour market).

Most indicators in this thematic section provide

sex-disaggregated data.

OECD migration databases. The Organization for

Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

manages the Database on Immigrants in OECD

countries (DIOC) and the Database on Immigrants

in OECD and non-OECD countries, which includes