Positive measurement instrument aimed at accelerating the achievement of gender-balanced participation and representation by establishing a defined proportion (percentage) or number of places or seats to be filled by, or allocated to, women and/or men, generally under certain rules or criteria.
… Today Serbia launches the results of its Gender Equality Index making it the first non-EU country to … 40.6 points out of 100 Serbia is almost half way towards gender equality. In comparison, the EU average is 52.9. ‘I … among the top ten EU Member States. The introduction of quotas for Parliamentary elections has contributed to …
… on equality between women and men. An in-depth study ‘Gender Equality in Power and Decision-Making’ by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) showed that while women occupy … is commitment. Awareness-raising and legal or voluntary quotas are among the options available to the Member States …
… Commission has proposed a European law for boosting gender balance in company board rooms," said Vice-President … the European Commission proposed legislation to improve gender balance on company boards based on merit and … the European Parliament has called for legally binding quotas at EU level in several Resolutions. A report by the …
… The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) marks the International Women’s Day by … the European Parliament will be held in May and the first Gender Equality Index for the European Union shows that the biggest gender gap in the EU is in the area of Power. As the Index …