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Definition of gender parity

Numerical concept related to gender equality.

Gender parity concerns relative equality in terms of numbers and proportions of women and men, girls and boys, and is often calculated as the ratio of female-to-male values for a given indicator.

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  • Driving impact for 30 years: How is the Beijing Platform for Action advancing gender equality?

    … How far have we come since a landmark commitment to gender equality was set in 1995 at the Fourth UN World … context.   Today’s EPSCO Council Conclusions on Advancing Gender Equality in the AI-Driven Digital Age are based on the … balance polices can accelerate change. Embedding gender parity democracy into law, protecting women in public life, …

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  • Geraldine Barry

    … work.  Her external interests involve advocating for gender parity in public life, in particular as a founding member of …

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  • Despite hopes for progress, European Parliament elections led to a decline in women’s representation

    … thus represented a key opportunity to push further towards gender parity (i.e. 50 % women, 50 % men) ([2]), but the results … years) data for between 2004 and 2024 are from EIGE’s  Gender Statistics Database . Only five Member States came …

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  • The 2020–2024 just transition strategy – Spain’s path to a gender-equitable green transition

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  • Tapping into talent: more gender equal access to the labour market

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  • Why are gender equality action plans important for parliaments?

    … A gender equality action plan demonstrates the parliament’s dedication to gender equality and gender mainstreaming. It signals to … committed to five key measures which focus on:  achieving parity in political decision-making;  ensuring parliamentary …

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  • CSW68 newsfeed – Director Carlien Scheele shares reflections from New York

    … in New York. CSW is the UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment. It brings together … actions and investments that eradicate poverty and advance gender equality. Carlien Scheele, Director of the European … quite strong during my intervention at the side-event on Parity, Democracy and Social Justice: Challenges and Progress …

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  • Gender Parity and Women in Leadership Positions

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  • Gender equality in education: Looking beyond parity

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  • Achieving Sex-representative International Court Benches

    … and Development Studies This lecture is part of the Gender Lecture Series ‘Know the GAP! Looking for Gender Parity ’ organized by Prof. Elisa Fornalé who leads the …

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  • The Ambivalent Parity – The Constitution and Women’s Rights

    … Law, Vice-rector, University of Milan. In 2019 the WTI Gender Team, led by Prof. Elisa Fornalé , established the WTI Gender Lecture Series. These lectures are conceived as an … of United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 – Gender Equality. Speakers will engage the public on numerous …

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  • On the road to gender equality: gender balance in the European Economic and Social Committee - Study presentation - 3 March 2020, Brussels

    … 2020, the Committee has published a study analysing gender balance among its members and staff . The findings … women are much better represented: there is almost parity among Heads of Unit (52% women/48% men) and women … in the Assistants category. To help to improve the gender balance and advance gender equality within the EESC, …

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  • World Women Congress, Pechino+ 20

    … The food is culture and love. This year the Global Gender Gap Report of the World Economic Forum provides the size of the gender-based inequalities in the world. Italy comes out … Stoykova, manager Tradingbulg Ltd, Wanda Spare Councillor parity for the region Tuscany, Iacopo Braca, actor and …

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  • 12-14 SEP: 9th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education (and Research)

    … September 2016, to attend the 9th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education. The European Conferences on Gender Equality in Higher Education have, since 1998, brought … and effects of legal provisions or regulations promoting parity (e.g. targets and quotas) Structural change and …

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  • No more Excuses: Gender Equality after the EU Elections – What’s next? Final Conference of 50/50 campaign

    … outcomes of the 2014 European Parliament elections from a gender perspective and aims to evaluate the impact of the Parity Democracy and EWL 50/50 Campaign, which aims at … within the European Parliament? How to mainstream gender equality within the Media? How to ensure the diversity …

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  • Countries with legislated quotas could achieve gender balance in parliaments by 2026, those without may take close to twenty years

    … Over the last 20 years, gender balance (quota of at least 40 % of each gender) has improved in EU Member States’ parliaments. And … data on gender balance in politics reveal that the lack of parity prevails at all levels: from the EU to local level. …

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  • France

    … PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework The main gender equality laws that apply to higher education … and men, sets the new general framework for achieving parity in all policy areas. More recent civil service laws …

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  • Luxembourg

    … PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework The government plays an important role in ensuring gender balance in research organisations in Luxembourg. The … programmes RESCOM (speaker balance) and ATTRACT (gender parity in the applications submitted per institution). The …

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  • Spain

    … PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework Spain’s legal framework on gender equality in higher education, science and research is … promotion and decision-making. They foresee gender parity (40/60 %) in nominations to panels, advisory boards …

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  • Tool 10: Formulating GRPP award criteria

    … met in delivering the service. Sample award criterion 2: Gender balance within the team carrying out the work – teams with a more equal gender balance will receive more marks [1] It should first be … in mind that gender balance refers not only to numerical parity but also to the level of employment and …

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