Emakunde

What Emakunde does

Emakunde (formally Emakumearen Euskal Erakundea / Instituto Vasco de la Mujer / Basque Institute for Women) is an autonomous body of the Basque Government (Eusko Jaurlaritza), attached to the Presidency (Lehendakaritza). Established in 1988 by Law 2/1988 and headquartered in Vitoria-Gasteiz, its mandate is to design, promote, advise on, coordinate, and evaluate gender equality policies across the Basque Autonomous Community, with the goal of achieving real and effective equality between women and men. Its statutory role is grounded in Basque Equality Law 4/2005 and the consolidated text Law 1/2023, which grant it authority over policy coordination and sanctioning powers in sex-based discrimination cases. The current Director is Miren Elgarresta Larrabide.

Emakunde's service portfolio comprises a Documentation Centre (in-person and remote), annual grant programmes (dirulaguntzak) for associations, NGOs, and companies, training programmes including Gizonduz (male engagement) and Jabetuz (professional training on violence against women), advisory services on gender mainstreaming in public policy and for companies (including the Bai Sarela business network), legal defence of the equality principle for citizens, and the Begira advisory committee on non-sexist advertising. Major awareness campaigns include Beldur Barik (safe festivals), Martxoak 8 (International Women's Day), Azaroak 25 (anti-violence day), and the Herri Ituna (Country Pact for Equality) launched in 2021 under the UN Generation Equality framework.

Emakunde is not a commercial enterprise. It is entirely publicly funded through Basque Government budget appropriations and provides all services free of charge. Its customer base spans Basque public administrations (primary), women's associations and non-profits, private companies (particularly those subject to mandatory equality plans), and the general public. It does not develop technology products and has no disclosed AI/ML capabilities; distribution relies on direct institutional channels, the Berdingune portal, multi-language digital platforms, and inter-institutional coordination across the Basque public administration.

Name

Emakunde

Legal name

Emakumearen Euskal Erakundea

Website

https://emakunde.euskadi.eus

Company type

Public

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Emakunde is the Basque Government's autonomous body for gender equality, established in 1988 and headquartered in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It designs, coordinates, and evaluates equality policy and serves Basque public administrations, associations, companies, and citizens with free, publicly funded programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Gender Equality Policy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

Keywords

• Gender equality policy
• Gender mainstreaming advisory
• Gender-based violence prevention
• Women empowerment programmes
• Equality plan consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitoria-Gasteiz

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Emakunde operates as an autonomous body of the Basque Government (Eusko Jaurlaritza), funded through public budgets. All services, grants, and programs are financed through government appropriations, not commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Emakunde is the autonomous body of the Basque Government that designs, promotes, advises on, coordinates, and evaluates gender equality policies. It delivers a portfolio of public services including a Documentation Centre, annual grant programmes for associations and companies, training (Gizonduz, Jabetuz), advisory services on equality plans for public administrations and private companies, legal defence against sex-based discrimination, the Begira non-sexist advertising advisory, education programmes (Nahiko), the Herri Ituna Country Pact, and the quarterly Emakunde Magazine.

Product overview

Emakunde (Basque Institute for Women) is an autonomous body of the Basque Government that designs, promotes, advises on, coordinates, and evaluates equality policies. The institute offers a portfolio of services organized around its core mission: achieving real and effective equality between women and men in the Basque Autonomous Community. The service portfolio includes a Documentation Centre providing research and publications on equality, annual grant programmes for associations and NGOs, training programmes including Gizonduz for male involvement and Jabetuz for professionals, awareness campaigns such as Beldur Barik against sexist violence and the Herri Ituna Country Pact initiative, advisory services for businesses and public administrations on gender mainstreaming and equality plans, defence services for discrimination cases, and the Begira advisory committee on non-sexist advertising. These services are complemented by publications, the Emakunde quarterly magazine, and the annual Emakunde Award recognizing excellence in gender equality work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gizonduz: Basque Service for Working with Men and Masculinities for Equality, managed by Emakunde, promoting male awareness, responsibility, participation and involvement for gender equality.
• Berdintasunaren eta Emakumeen Kontrako Indarkeriarik Gabeko Bizitzen Aldeko Herri Ituna
• EKIM
• Beldur Barik
• Begira
• Nahiko

Products and services

• Dokumentazio Zentroa (Documentation Centre) Documentation and information service for equality policies, offering in-person consultation (consultation room) and remote modalities (phone, fax, mail, email), including reports, guides, brochures, and document loans for equality researchers, professionals, students, and citizens.
• Dirulaguntzak (Annual Grants and Subsidies Programme) Annual grant and subsidy programmes that fund associations, non-profits, women's organizations, companies, and municipalities to deliver equality projects, anti-violence programmes, and equality diagnostics.
• Prestakuntza (Training Programmes) Training and educational programmes including seminars, workshops, summer courses (uda ikastaroak), and specialised courses on equality, gender violence prevention, and professional development for public administrators and equality professionals.
• Argitalpenak (Publications) Emakunde's publications service producing reports, studies, guides, and brochures covering equality policy analysis, gender mainstreaming, anti-violence resources, and best practices for public administrations and equality professionals.
• Gizonduz Basque Service for Men and Masculinities for Equality, an ongoing programme that promotes male awareness, training, participation, and involvement in gender equality through awareness campaigns, capacity-building, and the Broders digital space for egalitarian masculinities among young men.
• Herri Ituna (Country Pact for Equality) Country Pact for Equality and Life Free from Violence Against Women — a collective platform involving citizens and institutions committed to gender equality, designed through an intergenerational dialogue process with the Basque Youth Council (EGK) and rooted in the UN Generation Equality initiative and Beijing+25 commitments.
• Begira (Advisory Committee on Non-Sexist Advertising and Communication) Advisory committee that analyses and provides advice on advertising and media communication to eliminate sex-based discrimination, supporting media professionals, advertisers, and public institutions in producing non-sexist content.
• Nahiko (Education Programme for Equality, Respect and Non-Violence) Education and tutoring programme developing values for living in equality, respect, and non-violence, targeting schools and educational communities in the Basque Country.
• Berdintasunaren Printzipioa Defendatzea (Equality Principle Defence Service) Legal defence and complaint service for citizens facing sex-based discrimination in the Basque Country, providing case intake, investigation, advisory, and legal support to enforce the principle of equal treatment between women and men.
• Equality Advisory in Public Policies (Berdintasuna Politika Publikoetan) Advisory services for Basque public administrations on integrating gender mainstreaming into policies, designing equality plans, and conducting gender impact assessments, aligned with the 2030 Strategy for Gender Equality in the Basque Autonomous Community.
• Equality Advisory in Companies and Organizations (Berdintasuna Enpresa eta Erakundeetan) Advisory and support services for private companies and organizations on equality diagnostics, equality plan implementation, legal compliance with Equality Law, homologation support, and integration into Bai Sarea, the network of Basque companies committed to gender equality.
• Emakunde aldizkaria (Emakunde Quarterly Magazine) Quarterly online magazine published since 1989 (online format since 2013) covering equality policy news, interviews, reports, and analysis on gender equality in Basque society, distributed to public administrations, professionals, associations, and citizens.
• Jabetuz (Online Self-Training Course for Violence Response Professionals) Online self-training course for professionals who assist victims of violence against women in the Basque Country, providing knowledge on digital violence, support service protocols, and gender-based violence response procedures, delivered via the autoprestakuntza-emakunde.euskadi.eus platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• The 'Emakunde Award' (Berdintasunerako Emakunde Saria) recognizes individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to gender equality, publicly acknowledging and promoting best practices across Basque society.
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UN Women / Generation Equality InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Emakunde participates in the UN Women Generation Equality initiative, launched in 2021 to accelerate action on gender equality through 2026. This global framework, rooted in the 25th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women (1995), underpins Emakunde's strategic approach and the Herri Ituna (Country Pact) initiative.
• Basque Youth Council (EGK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Basque Youth Council (Euskal Gazteriaren Kontseilua, EGK) partnered with Emakunde's Advisory Board to pilot the intergenerational dialogue process that fed into the design of the Herri Ituna (Country Pact for Equality). This participatory methodology was the foundation for the collective pact launched in June 2022.
• EUDEL (Euskal Udalerri eta Erakundeen Elkargoa — Basque Association of Municipalities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEUDEL collaborates with Emakunde and the three Provincial Councils on major public awareness campaigns including 'Beldur Barik Jaiak' (safe festivals) and the March 8 International Women's Day campaign, pooling resources for maximum reach across Basque municipalities.
• Three Provincial Councils of the Basque Country (Araba, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe three Basque Provincial Councils (Arabako Foru Aldundia, Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia, Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia) jointly fund and co-implement equality campaigns with Emakunde, including 'Beldur Barik Jaiak', the March 8 campaign, and the November 25 anti-violence campaign.
• University of the Basque Country (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmakunde collaborates with the University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV) to provide advisory services on incorporating gender equality into public procurement and subsidies, helping public and private entities implement equality clauses as required by equality legislation.
• Broders ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Broders project, developed in collaboration with Emakunde's Gizonduz program, creates a digital space to promote egalitarian masculinities among young men. The collaboration was announced in May 2026.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• UN Women: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Operates globally with a broader portfolio, but Emakunde participates in its Generation Equality initiative and aligns its 2030 Strategy with UN Women's Beijing+25 framework, making it the overarching international reference body.
• European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE): EU agency based in Vilnius providing research, data, and good-practice guidance on gender equality. EIGE operates at the European supranational level with knowledge-sharing functions that overlap with Emakunde's Documentation Centre and policy advisory work.
• Ministerio de Igualdad (Spain): Spain's national Ministry of Equality, the policy-setting parent body at the state level. Emakunde operates at a regional tier underneath this kind of national ministry structure, making the Ministerio the natural upstream policy counterpart.

Direct peers

• Instituto de las Mujeres: Spain's national-level institute for women and gender equality, operating under the Ministry of Equality. It is the direct national counterpart to Emakunde, delivering analogous equality policy coordination, grants, training, and awareness programmes across Spain.
• Institut Català de les Dones: Catalonia's regional institute for women, directly comparable to Emakunde as another Spanish autonomous community body delivering gender equality policy, grants, and services at regional level with its own legal mandate.
• Instituto Aragonés de la Mujer: Aragon's regional government body for women's equality policies. Operates as a regional peer with similar mandate structure to Emakunde — coordinating equality plans, awareness campaigns, and support services within its autonomous community.

Others

• Dirección General de Igualdad (Gobierno Vasco): Adjacent Basque Government directorate focused on broader equality and human rights within the Lehendakaritza. Operates as an institutional neighbour to Emakunde within the same parent government, sharing overlapping mandates on global justice and equality policy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Emakunde
• Instagraminstagram.com/emakundejgv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emakunde

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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