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WOMEN IN POLITICS ROMANIA. Intercultural Institute Timisoara. Content. Women as: Elected people (national, regional and local) What Romania does for its women Intercultural Institute Timisoara Action plan . Women as elected people – national level. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WOMEN IN POLITICS ROMANIA
Intercultural Institute Timisoara
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Women as: Elected people (national, regional and local)
What Romania does for its women Intercultural Institute Timisoara Action plan
Women as elected people – national level Percentage of women in parliament increased from 3.5% in the mid 90's to
7.3% in 1998 and 9.65% in 2008-2012 (11.2% women in the
Chamber of Deputies and 5.9% of women in the Senate).
Current Parliament: 55 women in the Chamber of Deputies out of 412,
only 1 of the minority out of 20; in the Senate 13 women out of 137 Compared with an average of 20% women in the parliaments of the world,
Romania is at bottom of the list
The are only 5 women Ministers (Justice, Environment, Labor, Family and
Social protection, Social dialogue, IMM) out from 20
There was never a women as a Prime Minister
Women in local and regional elections Out of the 368 county councils presidential candidates, only 19 were
being women, and no one was voted Municipalities of cities, towns or villages, 970 applications were filed by
women. However, they represent only 6.8% Mayor in Bucharest among the 18 candidates running for mayor were no
woman candidates
In general regarding women on the party lists most come from the People Party – 221, and the Social Liberal Union – 205. Also, Democrat Liberal Party recorded 122 female applications, National Union for Romanian Progress 84 female application, Nationalist Party 79 female application and Hungarian Minority Party 12 female application. There are 8 party in the parliament out of 40 legal registered
Local and regional women representation Only 1 woman mayor of a big city Some position as mayor held by women are: 4 in
Galati county, 5 in Prahova county, 1 in Sibiu county, 3 in Iasi county, 4 in Constanta county, 1 in Arges county
There are 0 women as presidents of County Councils
Local Council – ex. in Timisoara, 18% are women
Women as elected people – European level The average of Romanian women in the
European Parliament, is 36.4% of MEPs
No RO Commissioner being a woman
Woman in politics
What Romania does for its women?
National initiative to introduce in the legislation gender quotas, of at least 30% of female candidates - it is a proposal
Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection that includes also Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
Anti-discrimination law and National Council for Anti-Discrimination
Established in 1992 by a group of teachers from Timisoara, with support from local authorities the Council of Europe
Mission: to promote the values and principles of the Council of Europe concerning the intercultural approach in education, cultural policy, research and civil society
Intercultural education
Education for democratic citizenship
Support for Roma communities
Cross-border cooperation
Research
Culture
I.I.T & Women – In politics
Local Youth Council from 2005 – until today Project citizen – promoting competent and
responsible participation with government at all levels
Participation in international trainings courses: “Young Women for a Participative, Open and Diverse Society”; Empowering women in EuroMed region
KeyRoma project
Other significant numbers
Number of kindergartens decreased by 85% from 1990 to 2011
71% of domestic violence victims are women
2 years maternity leave
95% of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation are women
Action plan
Collaborating with the parties from ethnical minorities groups and others
Supporting Roma women movement Collaborating with the national imitative
regarding gender quotas Others
Thank you for your attention!
Romina Matei
Project coordinator
Intercultural Institute Timisoara