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Data on Gender and Decision Making
Angela MeUNECE Statistics Division
Decision Making
Topics often covered:
• Women and men in Parliament
• Women and Men in Local governments
Decision Making: where is the power?
Political
Economic
Scientific
Media
Juridical
Political Decision Making
• Parliament composition• By political party
• Election lists• elected
• Composition of local authorities • Government positions
• By position (Ministry, Deputy Minister…)
• Local governments positions
Data availability
Source Availability
Data collection
Parl. composition Public records Always Ad hoc
Local authorities Local records Need Cooperation
Ad hoc
Gov. composition Public records/Registers/special
Fairly easy Ad hoc
Local governments
Public records/Registers/special
Need cooperation
Ad hoc
Political Decision Making
Others…….
• Participation in elections (voting composition)
• Composition of parliamentary committees
• Officials and members of Trade Unions
Political Decision Making
Participation in elections (voting composition)
Often sex-disaggregated data NOT available
Ad-hoc efforts to include sex in the reporting
Economic Decision Making
• Entrepreneurship • Managers
• Owners
• Own-account workers/self-employment
• Board members
• Composition of Ministry of Economics and Finance, and Central Bank
Country Man or Woman Number
Ireland MenWomen
31
Italy Men 4
Luxembourg Men 5
Portugal MenWomen
41
Spain Men 1
Sweden MenWomen
22
United Kingdom MenWomen
12
Source: Report prepared by ISTAT presented at the Council of the European Union (2003)
Economic Ministries and Deputy Ministers/Vice-Ministers
Members of total governing bodies in Labour Confederations (2003)
0
50
100Aus
tria
Bel
gium
Den
mar
k
Fin
land
Ger
man
y
Gre
ece
Irel
and
Italy
Luxe
mbo
urg
Por
tuga
l
Spa
in
Sw
eden
% Women
% Men
Source: Report prepared by ISTAT presented at the Council of the European Union (2003)
Women and men chiefs of executive
boards of the 50 top firms publicly quoted on the national stock
exchange
0
10
20
30
40
50Aus
tria
Fin
land
Ger
man
y
Gre
ece
Irel
and
Italy
Luxe
mbo
urg
Spa
in
Sw
eden U
K
Women
Men
Source: Report prepared by ISTAT presented at the Council of the European Union (2003)
Country Total chief executive officers by gender Women, % on executive board
women men total
Austria 1 49 50 4.2
Finland 1 49 50 10.5
Germany 0 50 50 0.9
Greece 1 49 50 6.2
Ireland 0 20 20 7.4
Italy 1 49 50 1.3
Luxembourg 3 47 50 8.4
Spain 0 50 50 1.4
Sweden 2 48 50 9.7
United Kingdom
1 49 50 9.0
Total 10 460 470 5.9
Source: Report prepared by ISTAT presented at the Council of the European Union (2003)
Scientific Decision Making
• Composition of University Boards• University professors
• by grade• by field of study (segregation)
• Medical doctors• by level
• ISCED level 6 (Ph.D) • enrolled • graduates
Data availability
Source Availability
Data collection
University Boards
Ministry of Education/Research
To be checked
Registration/ad hoc
University professors
Ministry of Education/NSO
Easy but check private sector
Registers
Medical doctors Ministry of Health/NSO
Easy but check private sector
Registers
Ph.D Ministry of Education/NSO
Easy but check private sector
Registers
Scientific Decision Making
Other…..
• Access to funding • applications for grants • granted grants
BUT
Very difficult to find data
Decision Making in the Media
• Chief editors of national newspapers
• Journalists
Source: National association of journalists
Juridical Decision Making
• Magistrates • Judges
• Prosecutors
• Lawyers
Source: Ministry of Justice, national association of lawyers