STATE POLICY OF GENDER EQUALITY AS PART OF THE INCLUSIVE MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES

Abstract

The article examines the theoretical issues of the conditions for the implementation of the decentralization reform in Ukraine. The prospects of local development of territorial communities, including economic, social, ecological, cultural, public and other aspects, were evaluated. Scientific approaches to the concept and content of the inclusive model of development of territorial communities are analyzed based on generally accepted interpretations of inclusion from the standpoint of state administration. It was determined that the inclusive model of the development of territorial communities provides for the formation of organizational conditions for the involvement of people in various spheres of activity in order to improve the quality of their lives in the absence of any discrimination. The expediency of integrating the components of gender equality into the state policy as part of the inclusive model of the development of territorial communities has been updated. Generalized approaches of foreign scientists to the concept of inclusive development and decentralization reform. It was established that in Ukraine, as well as in the world, interest in the inclusive model is growing. It was determined that the inclusive model of community development involves the development of all territories and sectors of the community economy. The model aims to reduce social inequality through redistribution of income and through active participation in the economic and social life of various social groups. Indicators of the inclusiveness of economic development, gender differences, the level of women’s participation in the workforce, factors limiting women’s employment opportunities were studied. In the analysis, globally accepted indices for measuring the empowerment of each gender were used. The rankings of the leading countries by the value of the Gender Inequality Index and the correlation between the size of the GDP per capita and the economic opportunities of women were analyzed. Based on this, it has been proven that gender parity of economic opportunities is a key element of a modern market economy and sustainable development. Measures to improve gender equality with the help of a number of factors within the framework of inclusive development of territorial communities are proposed.