ABCfor Gender Sensitive Legislation ABC for a Gender Sensitive Legislation WRITERS: SILVIA SUTEU, IBRAHIM DRAJI AND SALSABIL KLIBI This handbook has been produced with the financial support of Sweden. The contents are the sole responsibility of the EuroMed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of Sweden. EuroMed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI provides expertise in the field of gender equality and advocates for women’s universal human rights as inseparable from democracy building and citizenship, for political solutions to all conflicts, and for the right of peoples to self-determination. ABC for a Gender Sensitive Legislation Writers: Silvia Suteu, Ibrahim Draji and Salsabil Klibi Edited by Boriana Jonsson, Maya Alrahabi Cover and Book Design: Mihai Evoiu Copyright © 2020 by EuroMed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI All rights reserved. No parts of this book may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. For permission and questions contact: EuroMed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI 20 rue Soufflot 75005 Paris France Phone: + 33 1 46 34 9280 Email:
[email protected] www.efi-ife.org ISBN 978-2-9565916-5-8 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD . 7 GLOSSARY . 8 ACRONYMS . 15 PART I - Grounds And Principles Of Gender-Sensitive Legislation . 16 CHAPTER 1 WHY ADOPT GENDER-SENSITIVE LEGISLATION? . 17 Gender-sensitive legislation redresses and corrects historic and ongoing discrimination against women. .17 Gender-sensitive legislation addresses women’s different interests from men’s. 20 Gender-sensitive legislation implements and may even surpass constitutional commitments to equality and non-discrimination. 21 Gender-sensitive legislation gives effect to States’ international obligations on women’s rights.