… Recent years have seen considerable focus on the representation of women in political and economic decision-making by EU … and its own target to achieve 40 % representation of women in senior and middle management within its institutions …
… around 17 % of the almost 8 million ICT specialists are women, and the number of women graduating from ICT studies … has been decreasing over the last decade. The vast under-representation of women in ICT shows a waste of highly … for the wider economy. In particular, it threatens the EU’s innovative and economic potential in the future and …
… European research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the so-called hard sciences and in … labour within the EU. Further information Research on EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming platform EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming …
… but the justice system does not equally accommodate women’s and men’s needs; the due diligence principle holds states … and human rights, but also an economic one; women’srepresentation in decision-making is a matter of justice …