how can policies laws and regulations contribute to the elimination of existing inequalities and promote equality between women and men in participation rates the distribution of resources benefits tasks and responsibilities in private and public life and in the value and attention accorded to masculine and feminine characteristics behaviour and priorities are there barriers to women s access to training advisory services or other activities that would strengthen their economic participation as employers and employees a guide to gender impact assessment directorategeneral for employment social affairs and equal opportunities european commission brussels ialblobservlcldocid langlden bremer j introducing gender analysis into regulatoiy frameworks position paper prepared for the first meeting of the gender focus group of the menaoecd governance programme on addressing gender in public management american university in cairo wwwoccdorgdataoccd pdf