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A New Resource: EU-CIS Gender Watch: A Gender Analysis of the European Union Developmental Aid for Ukraine
Source: EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace
17/07/2008 12:00 am
The proposed research paper continues monitoring of women's economic, social and political situation in Ukraine, gender analysis of current EU development programs, gender perspective in planne EU Development Policy and the Financial Perspective 2007-2013, gives recommendations to EU Commissions, Parliament and EU Member States on inclusion of a a gender perspective in development policies of the EU.
From the Introduction:
"Ukraine has experienced one of the deepest declines among other former Soviet Union republics, with GDP falling to 45 percent of the 1991 level by 1998.1 Since 1991 considerable political, social and economic reforms have been carried out in Ukraine.
Ukraine has taken efforts towards economic liberalisation and opted for transformation models designed to restrict the governmental regulation of economic activities, eliminate the existing barriers for free flows of labour, goods, services and investments, and join the free trade system and the relevant international organisations. But these positive changes have been accompanied with certain economic depressions and declines in national trade and production activities. The process of the Ukraine's joining the global economy was accompanied by serious deviations from the fundamentals of sustainable social development. The transition period is associated with such negative category as the "loss of social capital" that implies growing poverty, unemployment and social inequality, as well as scaling down public participation in the political process and sagging social justice.
The instability had of particularly pronounced impact on the most vulnerable categories of residents, women in particular. The available data gives good grounds to conclude that the process of market transition has brutalised the gender discrimination in economy, reduced the economic opportunities for female workers and contributed to deterioration of social conditions for their careers. Many women tend to perceive globalization rather as a force resulting in inequalities in distribution of resources and economic opportunities, rather than a progress."
Author: Oksana Kisselyova, LSI
Edition: The Network of East-West Women
Date of publication: 2008
Place of publication: Gdansk, Poland
Language: English
For further information (and to access this resource), please visit http://www.gendermatters.eu/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=103
Source: EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace
17/07/2008 12:00 am
The proposed research paper continues monitoring of women's economic, social and political situation in Ukraine, gender analysis of current EU development programs, gender perspective in planne EU Development Policy and the Financial Perspective 2007-2013, gives recommendations to EU Commissions, Parliament and EU Member States on inclusion of a a gender perspective in development policies of the EU.
From the Introduction:
"Ukraine has experienced one of the deepest declines among other former Soviet Union republics, with GDP falling to 45 percent of the 1991 level by 1998.1 Since 1991 considerable political, social and economic reforms have been carried out in Ukraine.
Ukraine has taken efforts towards economic liberalisation and opted for transformation models designed to restrict the governmental regulation of economic activities, eliminate the existing barriers for free flows of labour, goods, services and investments, and join the free trade system and the relevant international organisations. But these positive changes have been accompanied with certain economic depressions and declines in national trade and production activities. The process of the Ukraine's joining the global economy was accompanied by serious deviations from the fundamentals of sustainable social development. The transition period is associated with such negative category as the "loss of social capital" that implies growing poverty, unemployment and social inequality, as well as scaling down public participation in the political process and sagging social justice.
The instability had of particularly pronounced impact on the most vulnerable categories of residents, women in particular. The available data gives good grounds to conclude that the process of market transition has brutalised the gender discrimination in economy, reduced the economic opportunities for female workers and contributed to deterioration of social conditions for their careers. Many women tend to perceive globalization rather as a force resulting in inequalities in distribution of resources and economic opportunities, rather than a progress."
Author: Oksana Kisselyova, LSI
Edition: The Network of East-West Women
Date of publication: 2008
Place of publication: Gdansk, Poland
Language: English
For further information (and to access this resource), please visit http://www.gendermatters.eu/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=103