REGULATORY AND LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR THE FORMATION OF STATE GENDER POLICY IN UKRAINE

Abstract

In the last three years, Ukraine has adopted many legal acts of Ukraine aimed at the formation and implementation of gender policy. These legal documents define the concepts and basic definitions of state gender policy, provide mechanisms for the formation of gender-sensitive budget programs, concepts, form a single mechanism for gender legal examination of legal documents, as well as draft legal documents. The author substantiates that there are appropriate institutional structures whose activities are aimed at the formation and implementation of gender policy. Ukraine has a complex institutional system aimed at the formation and implementation of state gender policy in Ukraine. At the same time, today there is a problem of forming a positive public perception of the issue of gender equality, the formation of gender sensitivity in society to any processes occurring in life. The author substantiates that today there is no systematic document that would form a unified and purposeful state gender policy in Ukraine. And proposed to improve the draft National Strategy for Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men until 2030. The article stipulates that the National Strategy for Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men until 2030 should have more strategic goals, in particular: ensuring and respecting family values and supporting and developing families taking into account the principle of gender equality; respect for articles; formation of professional development of women and girls; establishing responsibility for discrimination, especially in employment and career advancement; establishment of indicators for monitoring the state gender policy for 1, 3, 5 and 10 years; introduction of positive actions, including employment. The national strategy for equal rights and opportunities for women and men until 2030 should include the following sections: formation of family values taking into account gender equality; formation of effective information campaigns on the formation of gender equality in Ukrainian society; conducting educational activities and classes on the formation of gender equality; introduction of training of specialists on ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men; revision of all legal documents taking into account the provision of equal rights and opportunities for women and men for 5 years; strengthening international cooperation and introduction of international positive practices aimed at the formation of gender equality; formation of gender sensitivity of citizens; training of civil servants, local governments. other persons working in communal and state enterprises on the basis of formation and implementation of gender policy; adoption of gender equality strategies in all public authorities, enterprises, organizations, and institutions, regardless of ownership; introduction of indicators for monitoring the activities of public authorities in the formation and implementation of gender policy; cooperation with civil society institutions on the formation and implementation of gender policy.