Summary of gender.de

Welcome to genderbuero

The genderbuero is based in Berlin, Germany. We offer consultation, applied research and training in the field of Gender Equality.

We understand “Gender” in a broad sense:

  • Gender is about the social diversity of women and men
  • Gender is a system of (more or less subtle) exclusion that impacts on institutions and organisations.
  • Gender is an issue that should be dealt with to create equal opportunities and develop the capacities of personnel and systems.

Taking gender equality and equal opportunities into account means …

  • considering equality as an integral part of high-quality work.
  • actively shaping equal opportunities instead of leaving them to chance.
  • taking seriously the goals you want to achieve and the target-groups you want to reach
  • focussing on accurate impacts and effectiveness.
  • recognising gender-knowledge as part of professional thinking and action.

Taking gender equality and equal opportunities on board are a worthwhile challenge. The outcome can be: better work results, greater staff satisfaction, as well as an increased credibility.

We can support you in designing the appropriate implementation and accompany you during the process. This includes an implementation strategy customised to your organisation, as well as the development of gender-aspects in diverse fields, the development of adapted gender-tools, guidelines, and measures to improve gender-competence.

We follow a knowledge-based approach: based on the findings of Gender-Studies, we help to enrich your work with applied research.

We offer customised gender-solutions for:

  • Administrations at the national, federal state, and communal level
  • Universities and research bodies
  • Institutions and projects funded according to European Union regulations
  • Organisations working in the field of Development Co-operation
  • Educational institutions
  • Non-governmental organisations

Projects of Reference – (examples)

  • “Processes of Implementation in Germany: Examples and Reflections on Impact Monitoring by Gender Budgeting”. Presentation for the Council of Europe Conference on “State Budgets: A Key Factor in real Equality between Women an Men”, May 2009, Athens.
  • “Paradoxes of Gender Budgeting.” Presentation for the First International Conference on Gender Responsive Budgeting and Social Justice in Vilnius, January 2008.
  • Working aid for the implementation of Gender Budgeting for the Federal Chancellery of Austria (2007) (together with M. Koehnen)
  • Process Evaluation of the research project – Ethical Decisions in Retirement and Nursing Homes, Klagenfurt University, Faculty for Interdisciplinary Research and Further Education (Vienna), funded by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research (2007)
  • Study for the Austrian Federal Ministry for Research and Science: Gender Budgeting in five research programmes (2006/2007)
  • Process consultancy for the Chamber of Labour Bremen, Germany (2005/2006)
  • Process consultancy for the implementation of Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting in the areas of employee appraisal and public relations in the Berlin Senate Justice Department (2005/2006)
  • EU-Phare Twinning Project Development of Administrative Capacity of National Authorities in the Field of Gender Mainstreaming in Estonia:
    - Training of Trainers on Gender Mainstreaming (Nov./Dec. 2004).
    - Creation of an Internet-Platform on Gender Mainstreaming (Sept. 2005)
    - Desktop-Study on the Integration of Gender-Aspects in selected fields of the Public Service Academy (Nov/Dec. 2005)
  • Evaluation of the Gender-Strategy of the GTZ (2005), support for shaping the new gender strategy
  • Gender-Audit with integrated advanced training for the German Institute for Human Rights (2003 and 2006)