What Works in Improving Gender Equality

Kirstein Rumery is a professor of social policy at the University of Stirling, a senior fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change, and co-director of the Centre on Gender and Feminist Studies.Craig McAngus is a research fellow at the University of Stirling and fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change.Alcuin Edwards has worked for over 25 years as a policy officer and advisor to the UK government on health policy and children’s policy.

• 1. Why Does Gender Equality and Care Policy Matter?2. Making Care Policy in the UK: Understanding the Role of Gender Equality3. Applying the Nordic model: What Works in Sweden, Denmark and Iceland?4. Applying the Market and Family Model: What Works in Germany and the Netherlands?5. Developing Policy in a Context of Devolution: The Role of the Third Sector and Activists6. Implementing Policy: What Could Work in the UK and the Devolved Administrations?7. Conclusions and Policy Recommendation