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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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  • Gender equality in education: Looking beyond parity

    … for Educational planning  is organizing an e-forum on  Gender equality in education: Looking beyond parity , from 26 March to 06 April 2012. Globally, 39 million … are women. Only about one third of countries have achieved gender parity at secondary level. The evidence shows that …

    Date & time
    - Europe/Athens

  • Democracy undermined by absence of gender parity in politics

    … 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 … power, EU, 2005-2018 Source: EIGE’s calculation, EIGE’s Gender statistics database, WMID.   Note: Data for regional …

  • Parliamentary delegations keep gender on the agenda

    … complementing each other. Their function is to mainstream gender throughout the legislative process. They are … have played a crucial role in safeguarding and extending gender parity in politics.    Two delegations on women’s rights   …

    Country
    France

  • Example 12: Promoting gender equality within an organisation

    … Gender Equality Strategies including a balance of staff For … of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) on gender balance of staff: “We also undertake to accelerate our … UNDPs gender equality strategy is accompanied by a gender parity strategy (2013 to 2017). The goal of this strategy is: …

  • Gender-balanced decision-making is imperative post pandemic

    … set up everywhere to tackle the pandemic. Assessing the gender gap in these bodies, a recent study by van Daalen et al. (2020) emphasised the exclusion of gender-diverse voices. Covering 87 UN Member States, the … COVID-19 decision-making and expert task forces had gender parity. In 85.2 % of cases, men were in the majority. Such …

  • 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 …

    Date & time
    - Europe/Zurich

  • EU Gender Institute Director reappointed for further five year term

    … The Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is pleased to announce that it has … links to the commitment in the European Treaties to foster gender equality as a fundamental principle. EIGE works … can evaluate their progress to the achievement of gender parity. The Management Board looks forward to collaborating …

  • Decision-making gains drive gender equality progress

    … 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 … federations. The Netherlands has moved closer to gender parity on the governing boards of the national central bank …

  • Where to find the latest data on women and men in decision-making?

    … decision-making. The data will complement other areas of gender statistics already covered by EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database, such as employment, education and … such as defence, security and technology. Whilst “gender parity” implies equal representation of women and men in a …

  • 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, …

    Date & time
    - Europe/Brussels

  • 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 …

    Date & time
    - Europe/Zurich

  • Domain 2 - Political party/group procedures

    … This domain refers to gender mainstreaming measures within political parties that … parliament. The internal organisation and procedures of a gender-sensitive party allow the implementation of rules to … and/or committees. The party may also ensure substantive parity in activities between women and men, e.g. numbers of …

  • Bringing young women into politics: The project “From Woman to Woman”

    … for Portuguese women, the Network of Young People for Gender Equality in Portugal (REDE) carried out an innovative … intercultural dialogue, media and press, politics, and gender equality concepts and priorities A batch of nine … women) activism and intervention projects democracy, parity and politics communication and media The sixth topic …

    Country
    Portugal

  • Legislative action makes a difference

    … 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 … will take around 4 years to achieve boardroom gender parity. In countries with ‘soft’ measures, parity could take …

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