Women in European politics--time for action
By: European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Unit-G1.
Contributors: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Unit G.1.
Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Luxembourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9789279111228
Subjects: Women -- Political activity -- European Union countries -- Statistics; Women legislators -- European Union countries -- Statistics; Mujeres en la política -- Países de la Unión Europea
Genres: Statistics
Description: This report aims to raise awareness of the extent of gender inequality in politics by analyzing the current situation and investigating some of the reasons that the persistent deficit is proving so difficult to break down. The report is split into two sections, the main section covers the gender balance in politics at all levels and examines the current situation of women as elected representatives, the extent to which they are selected as candidates for election, how this links to electoral success and some of the reasons behind the limited progress to date. The second section briefly analyzes the situation in some other areas, including business and public administration.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "DOI 10.2767/11600"--T.p. verso.

"KE-81-09-543-EN-C"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Section 1. Women in European politics. Elected representatives : the gender balance in parliaments; title: Candidates : time to give women more opportunity; title: Voters : the general public decides ... if they can be bothered; title: Nominated positions : an opportunity to increase the profile of women in politics; title: Section 2. Influence beyond politics. Big business : women still excluded from the inner circle; title: High finance : another difficult area for women to penetrate; title: Public administration : more women putting policies into practice.