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.
… The persistent gender imbalance among key decision-makers in large … a cause for concern. Each year, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) monitors gender balance in central banks and European financial …
… assemblies and executives often fail to reflect the gender diversity of the populations they represent, with … in many cases. The European Institute for Gender Equality regularly monitors the situation in … and governments across the EU, with a particular focus on gender balance in decision-making at EU, national and …
… committed to maintaining these increases and ensuring that quotas are not watered down. To this end, it conducted an … including trainers (as knowledge carriers) and women with gender expertise in specific topics in the core team. The … in this politically sensitive process. Secondly, trained gender-competent specialists should be included in the …
… diversity and took several measures to officially support gender balance, the promotion gap between women and men … in performance appraisals? Are meetings dominated by one gender? Do women who speak more receive lower performance … specific areas of activity such as: meeting any assigned quotas for the under-represented gender; ensuring …
… several Member States have taken action to promote more gender-balanced representation in corporate leadership. The … which include the application of legally binding quotas for the minimum representation of each gender, in some cases with sanctions for non-compliance. To …
… Finland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Austria have reached gender balance; that is, they comprise at least 40 % of each gender. The parliaments of Croatia, Malta and Hungary have … and speed up the rate of change. Legislative candidate quotas are currently in place in 10 Member States: Belgium, …
… Progress towards gender equality in the EU remains slow. The Gender Equality Index score in 2018 was 67.9 points, just … can be attributed to the implementation of genderquotas, both binding and voluntary. Gender parity is …
… Main findings The overall Gender Equality Index score for the EU in 2018 is … every 2 years – it will take more than 60 years to achieve gender equality in the EU. The gender balance in … Many Member States have instituted legislative candidate quotas to increase gender balance in national parliaments, …
… assemblies and executives too often fail to reflect the gender diversity of the population they represent, with women … Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Further information Gender Statistics Database: Women and men in decision-making … brief: Gender balance in listed companies Press release: Quotas to remedy gender inequality can bring big change in …
… The persistent gender imbalance amongst key decision-makers in large … as well as in Iceland and Norway. Further information Gender Statistics Database: Women and men in decision-making … brief: gender balance in politics Press release: Quotas to remedy gender inequality can bring big change in …
… Main findings The EU keeps moving towards gender equality at a snail’s pace. While the Gender Equality Index score for the EU rose from 66.2 points … largest publicly quoted companies. The impact of genderquotas has had a relevant impact. In Member States that have …
… compared to the EU average of 51.9. However, significant gender inequalities remain, especially when it comes to … the sharing of household responsibilities. “With its own Gender Equality Index, North Macedonia can now monitor its progress in gender equality. We encourage using the Index as a strategic …
… Parental-leave conditions may help or hinder gender equality The increase in female employment rates, … male breadwinner family model, have unsettled traditional gender work roles and expectations (Connolly, Aldrich, … to the same job. These leave policies not only support gender equality, they are also important policy instruments …
… Member States. Footnotes [1] Refers to EIGE’s Gender statistics database, WMID data from the first … 152 parties across the 28 EU Member States. [4] EIGE’s Gender statistics database, WMID, November 2018. [5] The … and Portugal have not been included under the binding quotas group despite the fact that both have been enforcing …
… remained the only Member State with at least 40 % of each gender on the combined boards of the companies covered [1] . … between 20 % and 33 %. Six Member States have legislated genderquotas to address the gender imbalance in boardrooms: …
… Parliaments in Sweden, Finland, Belgium and Spain are gender balanced (i.e. at least 40 % of each gender), whereas women account for less than 20 % of … to improve the gender balance in their parliaments. Quotas on parliamentary candidates are currently in place in …