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.
… Congratulations to North Macedonia for their first national Gender Equality Index! This EU candidate country achieved a … "We welcome the publication of North Macedonia’s first Gender Equality Index, which shows that North Macedonia is … praise, partly thanks to the country’s 17-year-old gender quota for members of parliament. In general, this …
… Over the last 20 years, gender balance (quota of at least 40 % of each gender) has improved in EU Member States’ parliaments. And the application of legislative quotas that aims to ensure a minimum proportion of each …
… Efforts to achieve gender balance in business and finance are losing momentum as governments continue to waver on introducing hard quotas to boardrooms, according to EIGE’s latest data . … is a decisive step forward towards achieving greater gender equality in our society. “EIGE’s publication on gender …
… Main Section Videos & Webinars Tools & Resources Gender equality plans (GEPs) of research funding bodies … and the whole funding cycle need to be addressed from a gender perspective. Allocating research grants needs to be done in a gender-sensitive and inclusive manner (read more in step 6, …
… and Innovation Committee (ERAC) Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation, various studies have shown the existence (and persistence) of implicit gender bias in the evaluation of research and performance. … over time and most often disadvantageous to women. While quotas are generally seen as effective in bringing forward an …
… Videos & Webinars Tools & Resources Efforts to promote gender balance in leadership and decision-making have been … Association members were women in 2019. Improving gender balance in leadership and decision-making is therefore … Ensuring gender balance through the introduction of genderquotas. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) …
… PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework Belgium has specific laws and policies in place to improve gender equality in research institutions (research and … at the level of full professors. Rather than imposing quotas in its 2018–2022 programme, the university authorities …
… PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework Finland has no specific legal provisions to promote gender equality in research nor obligations targeting … and gender equality surveys. The main approaches feature quotas to ensure gender balance in decision-making bodies and …
… PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework The main gender equality laws that apply to higher education … ministries, including research. It also introduced a 40 % gender quota for the composition of juries for acceding to …
… PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework In Sweden, the … moderate preferential treatment of the underrepresented gender when hiring, provided it promotes gender equality and … gender representation in governing organisations. Although quotas are not mandatory, decision-making boards, committees …
… of GRPP criteria, tender documents may influence the gender outcomes of a tender in other ways. For example, the use of gender-sensitive language to refer to bidders and staff … The criteria also include the application of women’s quotas or a gender equality quota during the performance of …
… future for Europe's women after COVID-19: mental load, gender equality in teleworking and unpaid care work after the … three steps forward? Well, over recent years we have seen gender equality take one step forward, only to be followed by … to take three steps forward, in order to finally achieve gender equality. We hope you will join us. Thank you. Read …
… Scheele delivered this speech for the press at EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2020 conference on 29 October 2020. … I’d like to start by saying a few words about EIGE’s Gender Equality Index, which we publish annually. The Index … did not come without effort: several countries introduced quotas to bring in more women, and this clearly had an …
… Scheele delivered this keynote speech at the event "Gender diversity & leadership in the Nordics-Baltics", … balance in boardrooms, with the representation of either gender no lower than 40 %. But EU countries aren’t keen and … Because taking action works. Countries that have adopted quotas for gender balance on company boards have tripled the …
… remains the only EU country to have at least 40 % of each gender on the boards of the largest companies, with women … the largest companies in the EU have at least 40 % of each gender on their boards. However, nearly one in five still … (supervisory boards or boards of directors) and binding quotas, by EU Member State (%, April 2021) NB: National …
… score of 55 points remains the lowest of all the domains. Gender balance gains in the subdomain of economic … between 2012 and 2016 and have noticeably slowed since. Gender equality in political decision-making has advanced by … From 2010 to 2019, countries with legislative electoral quotas have, on average, nearly doubled the proportion of …