Sonia Sanz Ventin

This paper examines gender mainstreaming in the European Union development policy to Tunisia. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the way in which Gender Mainstreaming is included in the European Union Development polity in a strategic country such as Tunisia. In doing this, I will examine to which extent the Gender Mainstreaming integration is genuinely achieving its aim of transforming unequal gender relations.  The first section of the paper develops the theoretical frame. The second section explains the research methodology. The third section explains the research results showing how the European Union has overlooked a unique opportunity that would has given the chance to integrate Gender Mainstreaming in the post-revolution European Union development policy, into the national public policies and lastly, in establishing a more inclusive dialogue with an embryonic civil society and mature feminist movement. The paper concludes with the hope that this study will serve t...

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This paper examines gender mainstreaming in the European Union development policy to Tunisia from 2011 to 2015.
The main objective of this paper is to analyse the way in which Gender Mainstreaming is included in the European
Union Development policy in a strategic country such as Tunisia. In doing this, I will examine to which extent the Gender
Mainstreaming integration is genuinely achieving its aim of transforming unequal gender relations. The first section
of the paper develops the theoretical frame. The second section explains the research methodology. The third section
explains the research results showing how the European Union has overlooked a unique opportunity that would has
given the chance to integrate Gender Mainstreaming in the post-revolution European Union development policy, into
the national public policies and lastly, in establishing a more inclusive dialogue with an embryonic civil society and
mature feminist movement.
The paper concludes with the hope that this study will serve to guide and promote, in first place, a real integration
of a transformative gender mainstreaming in the EU development policy and in second place, to boost the EU role as
promoter of possible national reforms which will enable the implementation of transformative gender mainstreaming in
national policies breaking once for all with the artificial neutrality of public policies.