The Research Centre of the
If Municipalities are to seriously contribute to securing gender equality they need specialized capabilities to assess the consequences of their actions and the success of their policies. Specialized capabilities involve analytical tools to determine if women and men benefit in the same way from decisions made and services provided. The aim of the Tea for two project (TFT) was to develop such a tool.
Project management was in the hands of The Centre for Gender Equality, Iceland.
A final report, published soon, is written by the research coordinator of the TFT project, Mr. Kjartan Ólafsson researcher at RHA, and Mr. Tryggvi Hallgrímsson, researcher at RHA
The main objectives of the TFT project were the following:
1. Collect information on women’s and men’s participation in local governments and develop a tool for such data collection and measurement.
2. Make the information available :
a. to the general public, in visual and accessible form
b. to local governments to evaluate their progress towards a more equal society
c. to governments to monitor municipal authorities’ status on gender equality
d. for future comparison and monitoring of changes
For further information and results see the TFT website: www.tft.gender.is