even seemingly genderneutral policy decisions can have effects whether intentional or not on women s chances of become equal participants in society they may make it more difficult for them to find employment secure an education start a business meet the needs of their family or ensure their human rights for example a workplace regulation that permits both parents to take leave to care for a sick child is more likely to affect women as primary caregivers see chapter israel for example reports that several gias showed how sports for men and boys enjoyed greater subsidies than sports for women and girls at national and local level swirski such analysis can be conducted during the design stage of a law or regulation ex ante andor during evaluations of the impacts of implemented laws regulations and programmes ex post