Data on Gender and Decision
Making
Angela Me
UNECE 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
Local authorities
Local records
Gov. composition
Public
Fairly easy
records/Registers/
special
Ad hoc
Local governments
Public
Need
records/Registers/ cooperation
special
Ad hoc
Need
Cooperation
Ad hoc
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
Economic Ministries and
Deputy Ministers/Vice-Ministers
Country
Man or Woman
Number
Ireland
Men
Women
3
1
Italy
Men
4
Luxembourg
Men
5
Portugal
Men
Women
4
1
Spain
Men
1
Sweden
Men
Women
2
2
United Kingdom
Men
Women
1
2
Source: Report prepared by ISTAT presented at the Council of the European Union (2003)
Members of total governing bodies in
Labour Confederations (2003)
100
50
% Women
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Luxembourg
Italy
Ireland
Greece
Germany
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
0
Austria
% 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
50
40
30
UK
Sweden
Spain
Luxembourg
Italy
Ireland
0
Greece
Men
Germany
10
Finland
Women
Austria
20
Source: Report prepared by ISTAT presented at the Council of the European Union (2003)
Country
women
men
total
Women, % on
executive
board
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
10
460
470
5.9
Total
Total chief executive officers by gender
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 Registers
private sector
Medical doctors
Ministry of
Health/NSO
Easy but check Registers
private sector
Ph.D
Ministry of
Education/NSO
Easy but check Registers
private sector
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