Open government and gender bias: analysis of the Home Affairs Ministry transparency policy (2014-2020).

One of the institutional missions of public organizations in the open government paradigm is to promote values and democratic participation even in institutions, relying on the three strategic pillars that characterize it: transparency, participation and collaboration (Pastor, 2018: 242). This new “collaborative style” has to be inclusive, it must avoid gender biases, following the recommendations of the Alliance for Open Government campaign, “Break the Roles” (OGP 2020). This bias impacts into a systematic low participation of women in the exercise of the right to access public information in Spanish public administrations: in the last four years, around 25% of requests and claims for information have come from women (30, 7% in 2020); in addition, men are more interested in information on certain policies, such as security (CTBG, 2020: 88-93). The Transparency Information Unit of the Home Affairs Ministry is the one that receives the most requests for information in 2020 (15.2%), but it one of the four that receive the least requests from women (21.1%) (Transparency Portal, 2020: 34-41). The objective of this paper is to present the results of the analysis of gender biases in access to information from the Home Affairs Ministry, since the entry into force of "Law 19/2013, on transparency, access to public information and good government". Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno (2020). “Memoria 2019”. Disponible en web: https://www.consejodetransparencia.es/ct_Home/Actividad/memorias_planes/memoria2019.html [Consulta: 9 de febrero de 2021] Open Government Partneship (2020). “Break the Roles”. Disponible en web: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/campaigns/break-the-roles/ [Consulta: 9 de febrero de 2021) Pastor Albaladejo, Gema (2018). "Colaboración abierta e innovación pública". En Rodríguez, Jaime y Lariguet, Guillermo, Gobierno abierto y ética. Argentina: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Pp. 239-272. Disponible en web: https://www.academia.edu/37351020/Colaboraci%C3%B3n_abierta_e_Innovaci%C3%B3n_p%C3%BAblica?pls=RHCvKD33W [Consulta: 9 de febrero de 2021] Portal de Transparencia (2020). “Boletín Estadístico del Portal de la Transparencia de la Administración General del Estado”. Disponible en web: https://transparencia.gob.es/transparencia/transparencia_Home/index/MasInformacion/Portal-en-cifras.html [Consulta: 9 de febrero de 2021]