Adopt affirmative action measures including quotas to ensure gender balance at all levels of decision making.

But it remained controversial in Benin, where some argued that the quota system constituted discrimination against men and thus contravened the principle of gender equality enshrined in the Constitution.

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

This scheme implements tradable quotas among the EU States.

Gender equality

Equality of the sexes

In 1997, for purposes of ensuring equal opportunities in terms of receiving a higher education and reducing gender inequality, a Presidential quota was put in place at the initiative of Republic of Tajikistan President E.Sh. Rakhmonov for admitting girls from remote mountainous regions of the Republic to higher learning institutions, without an entrance exam.

D. Gender balance

Gender equality

Gender Equality Act

Gender Equality Council

Gender equality

R. Gender

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

The Gender Equality Commissioner has the duty to monitor the compliance with the norms established in the Act.

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Gender Equality as a Development Goal

Gender equality and empowerment of women

(a) Gender equality factors

Women's position and gender equality

i. Gender Equity Policy

European policies for gender equality

Gender equality in legal acts

The Gender Equality Commissioner

Promoting gender equality

Election quota

Gender Balance Among WFP Staff

Two new institutions will be created according to the Act Gender Equality Commissioner and Gender Equality Council.

The Gender Equality Act stipulates an obligation of employers actively to promote gender equality.

They also shared quotas and, when the agreed quotas had been exceeded, a compensation mechanism was established.

C. Gender equality and women's empowerment

Gender Equity Policy and The Nine Benchmarks

Women's Occupational Distribution and Gender Segregation

The Secretary General for Gender Equality

Household structures and gender relations

E. Gender equality and the empowerment of women

Promoting greater gender equity.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 ranked Sweden as the number one country in terms of gender equality.

The gender equality objective in education is underpinned by commitment to the 1997 document entitled Gender Equity A Framework for Australian Schools .

Quitting the Quota

About the quotas system

6210 Global quotas

6220 Bilateral quotas

6230 Seasonal quotas

6290 Quotas n.e.s.