Research and Analysis
Here you will find reports on specific topics, such as abortion, employability, and social security. You can also find one-off publications like our Sex and Power report, and gender edits of Scottish Government policy papers like the budget.
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Unblocking the Pipeline: Gender and Employability in Scotland
Apr 14, 2016: This paper represents Engender’s ï¬rst thoughts on the challenge of gendering employability. It sets out the gendered context in which employability policy and programmes must operate. It briefly describes the ways in which women’s experiences of the labour market, of education and skills, and of social security are different. It then raises some speciï¬c issues about how employability work in Scotland is developing, before ï¬nally making some recommendations on how this could be better gendered.
Date of publication: March 2016.
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Engender Parliamentary Briefing: Increasing Opportunities for Women Debate 2014
Aug 20, 2014: A briefing paper for MSPs in advance of the Scottish Government debate on increasing opportunities for women in the Scottish Parliament on 20 August 2014.
Date of publication: August 2014.
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Scotland’s Futures: Women and the Labour Market
Jul 24, 2014: This briefing is part of a series that sets out how power and responsibility to tackle critical gender equality issues are divided between Holyrood and Westminster. It is part of Engender’s contribution to the independence referendum debate.
Date of publication: July 2014.
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Engender briefing on the public sector equality duty
We are calling on the Scottish Government to revisit proposals on PSED reform, to expand
the duties so that outcomes for people with protected characteristics are improved.
Engender Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Social Security in Scotland
Engender welcomes this opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on social security in Scotland.
Engender response to the Scottish Government consultation on A Human Rights Bill for Scotland
Engender welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland.
Gender Matters Manifesto: Twenty for 2016
This manifesto sets out measures that, with political will, can be taken over the next parliamentary term in pursuit of these goals.
What's Next? Women's Equality in Scotland 20 Years After the Beijing Platform for Action
It is twenty years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was negotiated at the fourth world conference on women convened by the United Nations in China.

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