GENDER INTEGRATION AS A FACTOR OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article examines the issue of gender integration, which involves a set of appropriate measures, legislative acts in the field of legal equality between women and men. The concepts of «gender», «gender stereotypes», «gender integration», the views of Ukrainian scientists on them, proposals of statesmen at the legislative level are clarified. The psychological aspect of the problem, which involves solving problems related to age-old gender stereotypes of a patriarchal and religious nature, is analyzed. The Ukrainian specificity of the gender issue at the social level is taken into account, which involves the ancient democratic traditions of society, matriarchal priorities, and sexual tolerance. Such a binary opposition is also noted in speech, where representatives of each gender can choose certain distinct language reflections, and are also characterized in public speech (for example, advertising) through gender features. It was concluded that gender stereotyping is one of the problems of democracy, because it denies gender equality, which hinders understanding among people, creates psychological barriers in the family, business and political spheres, as well as gender segregation in the professional and career sphere. Gender aspects of interaction in the organization are characteristic of all countries, including Ukraine, although historically the importance of women, even their dominance, has been recognized here. It is based on gender stereotypes that society traditionally criticizes women who show ambition in reaching the top positions – up to the highest in the country. In the area of gender integration, partnership-professional and partnership-social relations are defined as measures, when employees of all levels and genders are involved in the planning and implementation of existing programs.