Join us on Friday, 14 March 2025, for an inter-active webinar, organised by the Global Community of Practice on PLS in cooperation with the Parliament of South Africa, Chamber of Deputies of Chile and the University of London, on gender-sensitive impact assessments of legislation.
Parliaments all over the world adopt a staggering number of laws affecting many aspects of the life of citizens. While the presumption is that laws benefit women and men equally, this is not always the case. Even general laws that appear neutral might affect women and men differently.
Post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) can show what worked in legislation, what did not work and why, and what needs to be changed. PLS is the systematic process where parliament monitors whether the laws it has passed are implemented as intended and where parliament evaluates if the laws have the expected impact.
Gender-sensitive PLS adds one complementary layer of analysis of legislative impact: how the law affects women and men, whether there were achievements and unintended consequences from a gender equality perspective and how to address them. Gender-sensitive PLS adds a gender perspective to parliamentary ex-post scrutiny of legislation by assessing whether legislation has produced positive or negative, unwanted or unexpected impacts on gender results and outcomes.
Join us on 14 March in this inter-active webinar, organised by the Global Community of Practice on PLS in cooperation with the Parliament of South Africa, Chamber of Deputies of Chile and the University of London.
This is our international and multi-disciplinary panel:
- Ressida Begg, Division Manager Core Business Support, Parliament of South Africa.
- Maryan Henríquez Ayala, Coordinator gender policies, Department of Law Evaluation, Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
- Paulina Maturana Arancibia, Political scientist, Department of Law Evaluation, Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
- Dr. Maria Mousmouti, WFD Associate Expert and Associate Research Fellow, University of London.
