Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations

Businesses have traditionally been seen as reluctant participants in equality policy initiatives. However, emerging governance guidelines increasingly advocate for gender mainstreaming, encouraging active business engagement. Our research examines this potential transformation, focusing on the role...

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Autores: Otero-Hermida, Paula, Gonzalez-Urango, Hannia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Colombia
Collaborative governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Gender mainstreaming
Participatory research methods
Women’s policy
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spelling Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectationsOtero-Hermida, PaulaGonzalez-Urango, HanniaColombiaCollaborative governanceCorporate Social ResponsibilityGender mainstreamingParticipatory research methodsWomen’s policyBusinesses have traditionally been seen as reluctant participants in equality policy initiatives. However, emerging governance guidelines increasingly advocate for gender mainstreaming, encouraging active business engagement. Our research examines this potential transformation, focusing on the role of businesses adopting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices compared to traditional equality policy actors – governments, equality organizations, and academia – within the Colombian context. Using a collaborative governance framework and participatory decision-making techniques, we identify potential role shifts toward proactivity and specific contributions from each actor group. Our findings highlight discordant mutual expectations, or “role mismatch”, and divergent perceptions within the business sector, which may undermine traditional actors. These insights emphasize the risks inherent in business participation in equality policy. By delineating contributions and clarifying self-perceptions and mutual expectations, we offer a practical approach to designing participatory processes that foster mutual recognition, trust, and shared responsibility as foundations for advancing equality policies.This work was supported by the Universitat Politècnica de València [ADSIDEO 2017–2018]; Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [CSO2016-76828-R; IJC2020-044013-I]; Generalitat Valenciana [APOSTD-2020].Peer reviewedCambridge University PressUniversidad Politécnica de ValenciaMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Generalitat Valenciana202620262025info:eu-repo/semantics/articlePublisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/432271reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#CSO2016-76828-R/ES/PROPUESTA DE INDICADORES PARA IMPULSAR EL DISEÑO DE UNA POLITICA ORIENTADA AL DESARROLLO DE INVESTIGACION E INNOVACION RESPONSABLE EN ESPAÑA/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//IJC2020-044013-IOtero-Hermida, Paula; Gonzalez-Urango, Hannia; 2025; Replication Data for: Business Engagement in Gender Equality Policy: Roles, Contributions and Expectations [v1]; Harvard Dataverse; https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NEJN1Khttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X25000029Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:digitalcsic_::da1821c2816de1e45229aaaea4f5dff12026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations
spellingShingle Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations
Otero-Hermida, Paula
Colombia
Collaborative governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Gender mainstreaming
Participatory research methods
Women’s policy
title_short Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations
title_full Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations
title_fullStr Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations
title_full_unstemmed Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations
title_sort Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Otero-Hermida, Paula
Gonzalez-Urango, Hannia
author Otero-Hermida, Paula
author_facet Otero-Hermida, Paula
Gonzalez-Urango, Hannia
author_role author
author2 Gonzalez-Urango, Hannia
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Generalitat Valenciana
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Colombia
Collaborative governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Gender mainstreaming
Participatory research methods
Women’s policy
topic Colombia
Collaborative governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Gender mainstreaming
Participatory research methods
Women’s policy
description Businesses have traditionally been seen as reluctant participants in equality policy initiatives. However, emerging governance guidelines increasingly advocate for gender mainstreaming, encouraging active business engagement. Our research examines this potential transformation, focusing on the role of businesses adopting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices compared to traditional equality policy actors – governments, equality organizations, and academia – within the Colombian context. Using a collaborative governance framework and participatory decision-making techniques, we identify potential role shifts toward proactivity and specific contributions from each actor group. Our findings highlight discordant mutual expectations, or “role mismatch”, and divergent perceptions within the business sector, which may undermine traditional actors. These insights emphasize the risks inherent in business participation in equality policy. By delineating contributions and clarifying self-perceptions and mutual expectations, we offer a practical approach to designing participatory processes that foster mutual recognition, trust, and shared responsibility as foundations for advancing equality policies.
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