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A gender-sensitive parliament is one which ensures that there are no barriers to women and men participating equally and having equal influence over decision-making. Parliaments should serve as positive examples of gender-equal workplaces, promoting this principle both internally and externally through gender-sensitive laws and policies. The European Institute for Gender Equality's (EIGE) Gender-sensitive Parliaments tool monitors and assess gender sensitivity in the organisation and working procedures of parliaments by analysing the proportions, roles and positions of women and men. The tool also allows for an assessment of how parliamentary operations, actions and legislative decisions respect and promote gender equality. The general version of the tool is available to anyone, while an in-depth version is available for national and regional parliaments.
This report describes the 2019 results from EIGE's Gender-sensitive Parliaments tool. The study aims to enlarge gender sensitivity in parliaments across the European Union. It is the first EU-wide assessment which analyses gender sensitivity. Parliaments can use the tool to assess their level of gender equality, identify the areas where further efforts should be made and monitor their progress in this respect. Results illustrate that gender quotas has contributed to higher parliamentary participation rates of women. On the other hand, over half of the parliaments have a lack of gender-sensitive physical spaces (such as crèches) and adequate display of the historical and current achievements of women in politics.
This report assesses gender sensitivity of national parliaments in the European Union and the European Parliament. The report draws on EIGE's Gender-sensitive Parliaments tool, which is part of EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming Platform. Specifically, the assessment is based on the general version of the tool (shorter questionnaire focused on political functions relying mostly on publicly available data). Between April and June 2019, the assessment was completed for the national parliaments of all 28 EU Member States, and for the European Parliament. This is the first EU-wide assessment which analyses gender sensitivity and describes the state of play in all national parliaments in a uniform way. The results from the 2019 assessment can serve as a benchmark to help track and analyse progress in enhancing gender equality in parliamentary work over time. Parliaments can use the Gender-sensitive Parliaments tool to assess how gender equal they are, identify the areas where further efforts should be made and monitor their progress towards achieving gender equality. This is in line with EIGE's broader efforts to provide parliaments with practical tools to foster and strengthen gender-aware institutional transformation and contribute to more inclusive and better-functioning democratic institutions.
Gendering the European Parliament: Structures, Policies and Practices provides a multifaceted innovative analysis of the EP by studying it comprehensively from a gender perspective addressing changes and continuities. It asks how and why the EP, as an institution, is gendered and what the gendered impacts of recent changes are when it comes to the structures, policies and practices of the EP. This collection brings together scholars from a variety of different disciplines (sociology, political sciences, law, management studies and cultural studies) as well as theoretical and methodological backgrounds who are united by their ability to provide the puzzle pieces necessary to fully comprehend the EP from a gender perspective.
This work discusses questions on political participation, representation and legitimacy in the European Union national parliaments. Three major empirical questions structure the book: What affects women's presence in parliaments?, Does the number of women in parliament have an effect? And are women in parliament representing women? Empirical evidences show that institutional reforms need a 'minimal environment' in terms of socio-economic development so as to prove effective. As opposed to the critical mass theory, claiming that a few representatives cannot have an impact on the political outcomes, here the empirical evidences suggest that smaller groups can also influence the different components of the legislative process. The last part turns to the fundamental question of whether a parliament that is descriptively representative, i.e. in which the parliamentarians share certain characteristics with the voters, also is a substantively descriptive parliament, i.e. in which the parliamentarians mirror the voters' opinions.
The purpose of this study is to support the European Parliament (EP), in particular its standing delegations, in implementing the commitment made in the EP resolution of 23 October 2020 on gender equality in EU foreign and security policy. Based on desk research as well as quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis, the study describes the existing EP practices of gender equality promotion, analyses whether the current practices deliver on the commitment, and presents what can be learned both from the bottlenecks identified in the EP's existing institutional arrangements and from the practices of other national parliaments and international parliamentary institutions. The study concludes that while the EP is highly advanced when it comes to gender mainstreaming in external relations, there are a number of aspects that need improvement or fine-tuning. To facilitate the implementation of the overarching EP gender action plan, the study provides a set of policy recommendations aimed at increasing the effectiveness of gender equality promotion through parliamentary diplomacy. The recommendations comprise proposals to strengthen the institutional framework, clarify the roles of gender focal points, increase access to gender-specific information and training, maximise the use of interparliamentary meetings and DEG activities for gender mainstreaming abroad, streamline the links with civil society and other external stakeholders, and improve the gender dimension of oversight over EP external relations.
This work discusses questions on political participation, representation and legitimacy in the European Union national parliaments. Three major empirical questions structure the book: What affects women's presence in parliaments?, Does the number of women in parliament have an effect? And are women in parliament representing women Empirical evidences show that institutional reforms need a 'minimal environment' in terms of socio-economic development so as to prove effective. As opposed to the critical mass theory, claiming that a few representatives cannot have an impact on the political outcomes, here the empirical evidences suggest that smaller groups can also influence the different components of the legislative process. The last part turns to the fundamental question of whether a parliament that is descriptively representative, i.e. in which the parliamentarians share certain characteristics with the voters, also is a substantively descriptive parliament, i.e. in which the parliamentarians mirror the voters' opinions. Evidence suggests that the electoral system's level of proportionality influences the extent to which assemblies socially and ideologically mirror their population. The book ends by advancing new hypotheses and setting up guidelines for future research.
This publication gives an overview of representation of women in the European Parliament and in national parliaments, by Member State; in the Bureau; in the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity; in political groups; in parliamentary committees; reflects the figures of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality; parliamentary delegations; summarises the Gender equality strategy and the EU directives on gender equality. It also includes gender-related data on administrative posts in the EP and gives a short overview on Equality and Diversity Awards 2014; on a gender equality initiative; on EP Secretariat - Establishment plan - Directors-general and directors; statistics on Management posts filled by women: gender-related statistics on EP Secretariat, political group secretariats and accredited parliamentary assistants; statistics on Work-life balance; and an overview on gender equality structures.
This broad ranging new text provides a systematic assessment of the emergence of gender as a significant issue on the EU agenda and of the EU's impact on gender inequality, both in terms of specifically gender-related policies and the gender dimensions of other policies.