Позитивний досвід та особливості розвитку державної ґендерної політики в світі

English

positive experience and features of development state gender policy in the world

Abstract. Introduction. Constant political, economic, social, migration, demographic and other crises in Ukraine, the pandemic, the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation and other problems do not allow us to deeply consider and pay sufficient attention to gender issues. And today, this issue is becoming extremely important. Because it is gender parity, i.e. a balanced representation of men and women in all spheres of public life, in particular in public administration, that will contribute to the solution of many social problems, such as: public distrust of the actions of subjects of authority, disregard of the opinion and interests of all strata population when making management decisions, insufficiently formed and developed political and statemanagement culture, etc. Therefore, it would be expedient to analyze the positive experience and peculiarities of the development of state gender policy in foreign countries, which showed the best results in this matter, and to use it in the Ukrainian state, taking into account the realities of today. Purpose. The purpose of the research is to analyze the development and implementation of state gender policy in foreign countries, to study positive experience in ensuring gender equality in public administration Materials and methods. The research materials are: 1) regulatory and legal support for regulating the issue of gender equality in all spheres of society's life; 2) works of domestic and foreign authors who conduct their scientific and practical research in the field of state gender policy and study the main aspects of gender parity in public administration; 3) official statistical data concerning the issue of gender equality both in Ukraine and in other countries of the world. In the process of conducting the research, the following scientific methods were used: the method of systematic and comparative analysis (to study the conceptual bases and principles of state gender policy in foreign countries and comparison with domestic practice), the deduction method (to formulate conclusions regarding the implementation of state gender policy in foreign countries), logical generalization of results (for formulating conclusions), forecasting method (for formulating recommendations for further scientific research in this direction). Results. The scientific article examines the positive practice of implementing state gender policy in foreign countries that have made significant progress and success in this matter. In particular, attention was paid to gender equality in public administration and politics. Recommendations on the application of such positive practice in Ukrainian realities are also provided. Discussion. In further research, it is proposed to focus attention on gender quotas in public administration bodies and, in particular, the establishment of strict sanctions for non-compliance with quotas in state authorities and local self-government bodies in Ukraine. It is worth paying attention to increasing the gender literacy of public servants by introducing mandatory training measures on gender parity in public administration. And it is also worth investigating the positive experience of not only European countries, but also other countries of the world, in particular New Zealand, Nicaragua and Namibia, which are included in the list of countries with the largest number of gender equal conditions in the world, in the following scientific investigations.

Keywords: state gender policy; gender equality; public administration; world experience; decentralization; gender parity