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Friday, September 27, 2019
Report / White Paper
European Parliament Elections 2019: towards parity democracy in Europe
Basqueskola
This policy paper aims to reconsider the concept of parity democracy in the current context of the EU and focusing on the elections to the EP in May 2019. As developed in the Athens Declaration, adopted at the European Summit of Women in Power in...
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Friday, September 27, 2019
Women in the European Parliament
European Parliament
While the European Parliament stands for gender equality, women continue to be under-represented in politics and public life at local, national and European level, as shown by recent data. Over the years, the percentage of female MEPs has increased...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Women gaining ground in political decision-making in the UNECE region, but gender equality still a long way off
Unece
Tackling inequality between women and men in the sharing of power and decision-making at all levels is essential to strengthen democracy and achieve peace and sustainable development. Back in 1995, this was identified as one of twelve critical areas...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Academic Paper / Article
Does exposure to gender role models increase women’s political ambition? A field experiment with politicians
Journal of Experimental Political Science
There is a persistent gender gap in motivations to run for political office. While exposure to role models is widely believed to increase women’s political ambition, there is little field experimental evidence on whether exposure to female...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Women in politics deterred by structural barriers, study finds
Government Europa
Issues around sexism and work-life balance contribute to the dearth of women in politics, a new study has found. The study, conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Zurich and...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Ursula von der Leyen elected first female European commission president
The Guardian
Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the European commission’s first female president and the first German in the job for more than 50 years. In a secret ballot, MEPs voted narrowly to support the German defence minister as a replacement for...
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Monday, July 15, 2019
A web of abuse: How the far right disproportionately targets female politicians
BBC
Abuse of female politicians is rife online - and much of it is being directed by established far-right groups and figures, a Newsnight investigation has found. Female politicians across Europe have been targeted with threatening and misogynist...
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Thursday, July 11, 2019
Report / White Paper
Engaging young people and women in European Parliament elections
International Idea
This Discussion Paper puts together relevant data on the inclusion of young people and women in European Parliament elections. It is focused on two pitfalls of EU electoral democracy: voter absenteeism on the part of young people, and the under-...
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Friday, July 05, 2019
Women to head top EU institutions for first time
The Guardian
Two women have won the backing of the EU’s leaders to head the European commission and European Central Bank, breaking with more than 60 years of male dominance at the top of the bloc’s institutions. After three days of tortuous negotiations,...
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Monday, June 03, 2019
Record number of women become MEPs – but men still dominate
The Guardian
More women have been elected to the European parliament than ever before but men still account for 60% of MEPs, according to an early analysis of the European election results. The proportion of female MEPs has increased slightly from 36% five years...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Women gaining ground in the European Parliament
New Straits Times
The number of women members of the European Parliament has doubled since direct elections were first held in 1979 but they still remain the minority, particularly in the top jobs. Women made up just 16 percent of the 1979 parliament; in today’s...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Europe’s missing women leaders
Politico
By Corinna Horst, The European Union has a woman problem. The bloc has never had a female president of the European Commission or European Council. And just two presidents of the European Parliament have been women — Simone Veil, who served from...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019
The gender gap at EU elections
Other News
Women across Europe don’t tend to vote as much in European elections, compared with men, posing questions on the growing gender gap in both politics and representation in the European Parliament. Data, based on the European parliament’s 2014 post-...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Women in decision-making: why it matters
European Institute for Gender Equality
When it comes to power, the European Union has not yet reached the halfway mark to full gender equality. With the domain of power holding the lowest score in our Gender Equality Index, women remain under-represented in the kinds of decision-making...
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Friday, December 28, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How female candidates and leaders are flipping the script on gender
Campaigns and Elections
By Eva Barboni, For years, women candidates have been advised to downplay their gender, to dress in a gender-neutral way, and to avoid talking too much about “women’s issues.” In many cases, this was the right strategy. With public opinion still...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Report / White Paper
Sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments in Europe
IPU
This regional study seeks to take the initial findings of a 2016 IPU report further, focusing specifically on the situation in parliaments in Europe. It is the result of close collaboration between the IPU and the Parliamentary Assembly of the...
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
Academic Paper / Article
Paper on Women’s Political Parties in Europe
This paper considers the emergence of women’s parties, their nature, and development in a comparative framework. Using an original dataset derived from European electoral commissions, statistical offices, national libraries, media archives, party...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Regional conference for Central and Eastern Europe: Making laws work to end violence against women and girls
As part of its programme to support parliaments in addressing all forms of violence against women, the Inter-Parliamentary Union is organizing jointly with the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, along with Global Rights for Women and Vital Voices, a...
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