STATE GENDER POLICY: GENESIS OF THE CONCEPT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH RELATED TERMS

Abstract

The article analyzes the genesis of the concept of «state gender policy». It is noted that different terminology was used in terms of a state guarantee for gender balance. Initially, attention was paid to the rights of women and respectively, such terms as «policy for Women», «(state) policy on women», «women's policy» etc., appeared in various sources. In time, meaningful definitions such as «policy for Equality», «(state) policy achievement of equal rights and opportunities», «gender policy», «public policy on equality between women and men», «national policy on ensuring equality between women and men», «national gender policy» and so on, began to be used. The attention is focused on special significance of the historical principle and the principle of territoriality in the study of terminology in the studied area. It was found that at the current stage of research such terms as «gender policy» and «national gender policy» are most commonly used in domestic studies. Given the analysis of research literature authors we formulated the definition of «gender policy» and «national gender policy». We suggested determining possible subjects of gender policy and national gender policy as one of the main criteria differentiating the above mentioned phenomena. The subjects of gender policy are: public authorities (government agencies and local governments), civil society and international organizations. The subjects of the state gender policy are public authorities.