Realisation of the first Equality Plan of the association in via, a social entity that works for the prevention and eradication of the conditions of inequality that generate violence and discrimination from the attention and integral accompaniment of women, children, young people, families and vulnerable groups.
This plan is carried out with the collaboration and commitment of all the staff of in via. We started this whole process with the creation of the joint equality commission and the definition of its tasks.
Meetings were held to define and plan the whole process, design and draw up the plan with the association’s directors and the Equality Commission.
Methodolody
Prior to the elaboration of the equality plan, a gender diagnosis was carried out in order to make a detailed analysis of the situation of the organisation. Various techniques were used to collect information:
- Documentary analysis, based on data provided by the organisation, to find out the composition and characteristics of the staff.
- Online survey, addressed to all the staff, with the main objective of finding out their perception of gender equality in the organisation.
- Interviews with key informants, in order to go deeper into the information obtained through the documentation and the online survey.
- Discussion groups, in order to gain in-depth knowledge of the opinion of the workers on the different areas that need to be included in an equality plan according to the law, as well as others that had previously emerged as relevant within the organisation.
Based on the gender diagnosis, the action plan was designed, which is the tool for planning and organising the actions to be applied in the short, medium and long term in order to achieve gender equality in all areas of the organisation. The action plan details:
- Each of the actions (what to do and how to do it)
- The indicators to be taken into account for monitoring and evaluating the action
- The persons responsible for implementing the action
- What is the timeframe for implementation
- The resources needed and other elements to be taken into account.
Once the action plan was drafted, it was presented to the direction and the equality committee of the entity, their contributions were collected and the pertinent modifications were made.
The result of the process is an equality plan which includes both the results of the gender diagnosis and the action plan, as well as the process of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the plan. The plan also includes the results of the pay register and the pay audit.
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