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)

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50

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Bel

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Fin

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Ger

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Gre

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Irel

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Italy

Luxe

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Por

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Spa

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Sw

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% 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

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Irel

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Italy

Luxe

mbo

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Spa

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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