“Genderized” public administrations?

Abstract

Actions designed by States to achieve equality between men and women seek to develop normative instruments and gender policies to break down structural inequalities. This paper, which examines the case study of Spain's Public Administration, reviews the measures adopted in terms of access to public sector employment and staffing policy during the democratic period, in order answer the questions: When and how were they designed? Which political actors have been driving them? What stage are we at now? The ultimate aim is to identify the advances made and specific measures implemented, bringing to the debate the general and contextual elements that are hampering the effective achievement of equality. The study of the Spanish Public Administration could exemplify a journey, in particular but very illustrative, of the difficulties, challenges and strategies in favor of equality and public policies with a gender perspective.