Gender

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OGP participating governmentsOGP participating countries and locals – often referred to as OGP members – are committed to working with civil society to strengthen their adherence to open government values. To join OGP as a pa... are bringing genderOGP participating governments are bringing gender perspectives to popular policy areas, ensuring diversity in participatory processes, and specifically targeting gender gaps in policies to address gov... perspectives to popular policy areas, ensuring diversity in participatory processes, and specifically targeting gender gaps in policies to address government policies and practices that often systematically exclude gender groups like women, girls, non-binary individuals, and members of the LGBTQIA+Increasing opportunities for participation and creating accountability mechanisms for the LGBTQIA+ community in policy-making and service delivery can ensure that their voices are heard and changes ar... community.

Technical specifications: Commitments that work towards gender parity in any sector or policy area. Also includes commitments that focus on publishing gender-disaggregated data. All commitments that receive this tag also receive the InclusionOGP participating governments are working to create governments that truly serve all people. This includes many historically oppressed groups such as persons with disabilities, women, lesbian, gay, bi... tag.