Department of the Environment 2006 Gender Analysis Update

Department of the Environment

2006 Gender Analysis Update

 

On Tuesday, July 18, 2006 the Department of the Environment presented an update to their original CEDAW gender analysis (2000). At the July meeting CEDAW Committee members requested samples of current materials (sign-in sheets, employee feedback forms, emergency ride home brochure) and asked that additional information be provided about an apprenticeship program and grants. The Department of the Environment provided the information below in October 2006.

 

 

Sign-In Sheet/Public Comment Card 

 

Employee Feedback Form (Staff Questionnaire) 

 

Environmental Awareness Survey - The Department conducted an environmental awareness survey, with questions about a number of environmental issues in January 2003. The survey showed differences by gender as well as by ethnicity. The differences are highlighted below.

 

Gender

 

Women were more likely to have a favorable opinion of the Department of the Environment - of those familiar with the Department 58% of women, and 45% of men had a favorable opinion (40% of men, and 33% of women had no opinion).

 

Men are more satisfied with their recycling system than women, with 85% of women, and 93% of men satisfied.

 

Women are slightly more likely than men to compost, as shown in the table below:

 

 

 

Women

Men

 

Compost Food Scraps

 

77%

 

71%

 

Compost Yard Waste

 

80%

 

79%

 

Compost Leftover Meat

 

52%

 

39%

 

Compost Dairy Products

 

44%

 

26%

 

Compost Food Soiled Paper

 

52%

 

50%

 

Women are slightly more likely than men to favor making it mandatory for landlords to provide recycling for businesses (79% to 77%); making it mandatory for large businesses to recycle (91% to 90%); and making it mandatory for residents to recycle (74% to 73%).

 

Women were more likely to recycle plastic bottles (90% to 86%) and would recycle more plastic containers if plastic bags could be recycled (81% to 75%).

 

While more men than women supported the closing of the polluting Hunter's Point Power plant (33% to 27%), more men also opposed the closing of the plant (21% to 13%).

 

Women were more supportive of banning mercury in the dental industry (48% to 44%), and less likely to oppose it (13% to 22%).

 

Women were more likely to support (61% to 59%) and less likely to oppose (27% to 34%) raising car registration fees on less fuel-efficient vehicles.

 

Men were more likely than women to support a fee of $25 per household to pay for street trees (53% to 51%). This gap widened as the proposed fee increased (32% to 26% for a $50 fee, and 18% to 14% for a $100 fee).

 

Ethnicity

 

 

 

 

 

White

African American

Latino

Chinese

Other Asian

Satisfied with Recycling

90%

82%

87%

89%

91%

If they compost, compost veg/fruit

87%

88%

67%

39%

67%

If they compost, compost yard waste

80%

63%

75%

78%

89%

If they compost, compost meat

53%

63%

50%

22%

33%

IF they compost, compost dairy products

38%

63%

58%

9%

22%

If they compost, compost food soiled paper

58%

63%

50%

22%

56%

Need compostable plastic bags

41%

63%

25%

25%

25%

No room for compost bucket

24%

25%

33%

60%

13%

Mandatory recycling for businesses

92%

91%

100%

73%

96%

Mandatory recycling for residents

73%

63%

90%

66%

87%

Recycle Plastic Bottles

92%

72%

87%

83%

83%

Should City buy safer products, if cost is 25% more

75%

88%

67%

48%

77%

Following based on net support (support-oppose)

Should Hunter's Point Power Plant be closed

12%

25%

-3%

2%

35%

Support banning mercury in dental industry

35%

41%

5%

22%

4%

Increase registration fees on less efficient vehicles

43%

9%

18%

-2%

0%

$25 household fee for trees

20%

-9%

13%

-20%

30%

$50 household fee for trees

-27%

-41%

-47%

-54%

-35%

$100 household fee for trees

-57%

-66%

-82%

-73%

-61%

 

 

Apprenticeship Program - The information on the apprenticeship program will follow. The program did include girls/young women.

 

Paid Parental Leave - Over the past two years, four staff have taken paid parental leave – three men and one woman. The woman took 64 days of paid parental leave, and the men took 51, 25 and 24 days respectively.

 

Emergency Ride Home Program - Attached. There are two websites for information on the program, which are as follows:

 

SFERH Program Rules and Restrictions

https://sfenvironment.org/