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Figure 4.37. Members of parliaments by sex in EU Member States, 2010<br />

Women<br />

Men<br />

100 %<br />

80 %<br />

60 %<br />

77 %<br />

40 %<br />

20 %<br />

0 %<br />

23 %<br />

SE FI BE NL DK ES DE PT AT EU-27 EE BG LV FR IT LU UK LT CZ PL SK EL IE CY HU SI RO MT<br />

Source: <strong>European</strong> Commission’s database ‘Women & Men in Decision-Making’<br />

4.5.3. Regional assemblies<br />

The third gender indicator to measure the representation<br />

of women and men in political decision-making measures<br />

the share of seats between women and men at the level<br />

of regional assemblies.<br />

Variable definition: Share of members of regional<br />

assemblies (%)<br />

This indicator measures the share of women and men<br />

members of regional assemblies. Although regional authorities<br />

are situated between the central government<br />

and local authorities, this does not necessarily imply a<br />

hierarchical relationship between regional and local. In<br />

addition, regional authorities are not applicable in all<br />

countries (EC, 2013). In those cases the data on local and<br />

municipal members, including mayors and other leaders,<br />

were taken (BG, EE, IE, CY, LT, LU, MT and SI) (Included<br />

within the framework of the Beijing Pla<strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> Action<br />

indicators, see Annex 5).<br />

Data source: Database on ‘Women & Men in Decision-<br />

Making’, DG Justice, <strong>European</strong> Commission<br />

Periodicity: annual except in the case of elections when<br />

the data <strong>for</strong> affected regions are updated with the next<br />

quarterly update of political data.<br />

The representation of women at EU level in regional assemblies<br />

increased steadily from 22 % to 30 % between<br />

2000 and 2010. At national level, this figure also masks<br />

differences. The representation of women in regional<br />

assemblies ranges from just above one in 10 women in<br />

Italy (12 %) to near parity in Sweden (47 %) and France<br />

(48 %) (see Figure 4.38.).<br />

90 <strong>Gender</strong> <strong>Equality</strong> <strong>Index</strong> – <strong>Report</strong>

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