Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 0:08:01 GMT -8
Let's start this post with a reflection exercise: are you able to easily list 20 names of men who hold public office or who are relevant within a political party? Surely key figures in political and administrative life immediately come to mind, but... are you able to do the same with women's names? In Spain's politics and decision-making system there is still much to do in terms of gender equality . The political elites of our country are mainly male, and senior positions or decisions are normally made by men. Historically, women were not considered subjects of law, and this trend has been transferred to their participation in political life. Let's see it! Parity democracy Parity democracy responds to a need to fight for the inclusion of the female gender in decision-making bodies , not only in our country, but throughout the world. To give you an idea, according to 2014 data managed by WomenCeo , only 17 of the 194 countries in the world have a woman at the head of their government .
Analyze these figures by continent, America has 6 of the 35 countries with a woman at the helm (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago). Europe also has 6 countries out of 50 in which a woman heads politics: Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, Lithuania, Norway and Switzerland. Asia only has 3 women presidents or prime ministers of the 41 countries Europe Mobile Number List that make it up: Bangladesh, South Korea and Thailand. Finally, the figure is reduced to 2 in Africa, belonging to Liberia and Malawi. What do these figures tell you? According to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) , as of July 2015, the presence of women with executive positions in the main political parties was 34.9%, well below the male representation. This is far from what is established by Organic Law 3/2007 of March 22 , for the effective equality of women and men, which calls for increasing the presence of women in official bodies, not being able to represent less than 40% of their composition.
Analyze the number of women who are part of the current government in office, four occupy respective ministries , which represents 30.8% of the total. As we see, it is still a lower percentage than that stated in the Organic Law. And are we going to sit idly by? At Oxfam Intermón we are aware of the long road ahead in matters of gender equality , not only in political life, but also in salary or social issues. In our post “ 5 examples of inequality between men and women ” we already told you about other important gender gaps in our society and we mentioned projects that we have launched, such as “ Avanadoras ” , which tries to support and give visibility to women who assert their rights, who denounce the discrimination they suffer and who are committed to creating a more just society. Let's not lose sight of them! That is why together it is important to work on different fronts , both in education against discrimination and in the imposition of parity quotas in public and private organizations, or the fight against salary differences in companies. Thus, we will ensure that gender discrimination becomes history and that women finally have the weight they deserve in decision-making.