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Gender-sensitive parliaments

Gender-sensitive parliaments

Is your parliament doing enough to advance gender equality?

Less than a third of all parliamentarians in the EU are women. EIGE’s new online tool gives ideas on needed changes. It helps to identify where parliaments stand on their way to gender equality and proposes steps for every parliament to improve.

  • How to use the tool
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Contents

  • Back to toolkit page
  • What is the tool for?
  • Who is the tool for?
  • How to use the tool
  • Self-assessment, scoring and interpretation of parliament gender-sensitivity
    • AREA 1 – Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER the parliament
      • Domain 1 – Electoral system and gender quotas
      • Domain 2 - Political party/group procedures
      • Domain 3 – Recruitment of parliamentary employees
    • AREA 2 – Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedures
      • Domain 1 – Parliamentarians’ presence and capacity in a parliament
      • Domain 2 – Structure and organisation
      • Domain 3 – Staff organisation and procedures
    • AREA 3 – Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda
      • Domain 1 – Gender mainstreaming structures
      • Domain 2 – Gender mainstreaming tools in parliamentary work
      • Domain 3 – Gender mainstreaming tools for staff
    • AREA 4 – The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION
      • Domain 1 – Gender equality laws and policies
      • Domain 2 – Gender mainstreaming in laws
      • Domain 3 – Oversight of gender equality
    • AREA 5 – The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function
      • Domain 1 – Symbolic meanings of spaces
      • Domain 2 – Gender equality in external communication and representation
  • How gender-sensitive are parliaments in the EU?
  • Examples of gender-sensitive practices in parliaments
    • Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER the parliament
    • Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedures
    • Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda
    • The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION
    • The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function
  • Glossary of terms
  • References and resources

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Report: Gender equality in national parliaments across the EU and the European ParliamentEN (1,38 MB)

Factsheet: Gender equality in parliaments across the EU and the European Parliament in 2019EN (5,16 MB)

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