The Gender Aspect from a Legal Perspective

  • Last updated: 28/11/2023

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​Objectives:

The main objectives of this initiative were: 

  • to increase the participation and advancement of women in the labour market primarily through the correction of structural barriers in a number of Codes and Acts in Maltese Legislation that are hindering women from entering, staying and/or advancing in the labour market, due to inequalities that may exist within the employment legal framework as well as that governing civil and family life.
  • to embed the principle of gender mainstreaming in various Codes and Acts of Maltese Legislation. 
  • to further the development of gender mainstreaming at a national level and sensitise legislators, providers of legal services and human resource managers to the principles of gender equality and gender mainstreaming.
Research: 

A gender audit of legislation on education, employment and training, social security and taxation, criminal, civil and the family was carried out in 2008. As a result, recommendations for mainstreaming gender within Maltese legislation were developed to promote equality in all spheres and activities.

Training:

Training sessions on gender mainstreaming and relevant EU and Maltese legislation were organised for:

  • legislators and individuals/entities that provide legal services;
  • human resources managers in both public and private sectors.
Awareness Raising:

A newspaper educational campaign targeted the general public, based on the research results of the project.

Three toolkits were compiled for : human resource managers / directors in the public sector; human resource managers / employers in the private sector; and legal service providers.

  • Gender Mainstreaming in Employment: Private Sector – A Toolkit   EN / MT
  • Gender Mainstreaming in Employment: Public Sector – A Toolkit  EN / MT
  • Gender Mainstreaming in the Legal Sector – A Toolkit  EN / MT

 

               Project Ref.       EFS/no. 46

               Project Name   The Gender Aspect from a Legal Perspective

               Fund                  European Social Fund (ESF)

               Start Date         July 2006

               End Date          June 2009