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Indicators 15-16: Italy's report of 2003 notes that out of a total of 27 Employer confederations in 13 responding countries, there were no female Presidents and 9 female vice presidents (8.9 %). No figures for 2008 are available. Indicators 17 and 18: The Commission's Database on Women and Men in Decision-making includes data on the presidents and members of the boards or highest decision-making bodies of the largest publicly quoted companies (based on current membership of blue-chip index) in the EU. Data collected in October 2008 shows that women are still excluded from the top of the business world. The proportion amongst presidents of executive boards of the top 50 firms publicly quoted on the national stock exchange is 3 % women and 97 % men. The proportion of women amongst this group has increased by only one percentage unit, from 2 % in 2003 to 3 % in 2008. Furthermore, company boards are still dominated by men, consisting of 89 % men and 11 % women. Despite the fact that the proportion of women among the members of the executive boards of these firms has increased from 6 % in 2003 to 11 % in 2008, men still have the power in the business world. There are variations between the MS. In 15 MS none of the companies has a female president. Newer MS (BG, CZ, PL, SK) do better than the older ones when it comes to the representation of women on boards. In no MS have legal quotas been adopted for the representation of women in economic decision-making. Legal quotas have so far been adopted only in Norway. 4.7.4. Trends emphasised in Member States' reporting to the UNECE A general trend reported by the MS is the fact that despite the increasing number of women actively involved in public and political life, women remain under-represented at the decision-making level. Although the political system per se in the MS does not discriminate against female representation, and although anti-discrimination legislation exists, female representation in the corridors of power has not changed much over recent years. Thus, male dominance persists, and balanced participation of women and men in decision-making continues to be on the agenda in all of the MS. 14508/09 ADD 1 PL/vk 104 ANNEX DG G EN
The Member States advance various reasons for this under-representation, including problems concerning the reconciliation of professional and family life, gender stereotypes, lack of political will, problems relating to political culture, intra-party elites and inter-party elites, restrictions caused by the electoral system, etc. Latvia reports, for instance, that the fact that some women in very high and responsible positions represent positive examples simultaneously impedes fruitful discussions about women in power positions: “Their examples make it harder to discuss the barriers that still do exist for most women”. Strategies to combat gender imbalances in positions of power The Member States report on various ways and strategies to redress gender imbalances in various fields of power, including politics, public administration, the judiciary and the corporate sector. These strategies vary from information and awareness-raising campaigns to legislative measures such as the enactment of legal quotas. When it comes to quotas, some MS have adopted electoral candidate quotas to target the number of women in elected positions. Other MS have adopted gender quotas for public bodies only, thus targeting the number of women in high administrative positions. One fairly common strategy revolves around activities such as information campaigns, public-awareness-raising campaigns, various capacity-building programmes and targeted training activities, and research. For instance, Austria reports on its mentoring programmes, covering both the federal administration and the private sector, and Malta and Cyprus give details of training activities in political decision-making for women considering a political career and of various media campaigns. In a similar vein, Estonia reports on the “More Women in Politics” project in 2006, which aimed at increasing the participation of women in politics through improved cooperation between civic associations and by raising the awareness of the public. Portugal reported on a campaign on women and decision-making. Similarly, Lithuania and Luxembourg report on seminars on gender-balanced participation in decision-making and various government campaigns. In Germany, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth launched a FRAUEN MACHT KOMMUNE (Women's Power in Local Councils) campaign, which encouraged women who are already active community service volunteers to become involved in local politics. 14508/09 ADD 1 PL/vk 105 ANNEX DG G EN
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COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Bruss
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Table of Contents Table of Contents
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5.8. Institutional Mechanisms for t
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The present report Beijing + 15: Th
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2.1.2. Structures for Gender Equali
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The Regulation establishing a Europ
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The proposal to amend the Directive
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2.2.3. Financial resources for gend
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Integration of gender issues in the
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- Childcare facilities: possibility
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Key findings from the second report
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Gender equality issues are cross-cu
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Guidelines for the improvement of w
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With regard to financing, in additi
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High Level Group on Gender Equality
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Women and the media In 2006, the EW
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• Indicator 1. Status of governme
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Indicator 2: Adequate resources are
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3.3.3. Gender mainstreaming The leg
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violence (for example trafficking f
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4.1.3. Trends emerging from EU-wide
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Page 63 and 64: overall. Today girls and women have
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Page 69 and 70: 4.4 Violence against women (D) 4.4.
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Page 73 and 74: Some of the measures that have been
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Page 77 and 78: 4. 5. Women and armed conflict (E)
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Page 81 and 82: men. As a result this ‘new’ ins
Page 83 and 84: To date, 10 of the 27 MS have devel
Page 85 and 86: • Indicator 4. Comprehensive and
Page 87 and 88: The data is uncertain and, at least
Page 89 and 90: It should be emphasised that the hi
Page 91 and 92: In most countries single mothers' t
Page 93 and 94: Unemployment has been falling in mo
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Page 97 and 98: • Indicator 7. Proportion of the
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Page 101 and 102: parliaments (76 % men, 24 % women).
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Annex III Table 3.1 Personnel resou
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Figure 4.2.1 Employment gap between
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Figure 4.3.1 Number of years with g
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Figure 4.3.3 Proportion of persons
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Figure 4.3.5 Proportion of persons
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Figure 4.3.7 Proportions of women a
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Figure 4.6.1 Employed women and men
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Figure 4.6.5 Proportion of children
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Figure 4.6.9 Time spent on domestic
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Figure 4.6.13 Time spent on domesti
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Table 4.7.1 The cluster of Member S
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Figure 4.12.3 Difference between pr
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Table 4.12.2 Difference between 15-
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