Women's Representation in the Knesset

Representation of women in Education

Representation of women in the Labour Force

Women's Representation in the Foreign Service

Representation of women in various sectors

There are two women members on the Jury for National Film Awards.

Female representation fell from four to three.

Parliamentary representation for women has also taken a hit.

This measure will greatly assist in giving women's representation in the bureaucracy.

Data on elections and referenda of the Central Commission on Elections. this footnote, unrelated to Table No. 3 appeared at bottom of page .

The Special Secretariat on Policies for Women has represented Brazil in discussions on the situation of women in Latin America.

Local representation There has been an increasing focus on women s representation at a local level.

Providing opportunity for greater representation in Government decision making bodies

Representation of women in public bodies and civil society organizations, 2003

The under representation of women in management positions in the education system was being addressed by the Women into Educational Management Initiative.

In 1995, the United Nations set a goal of 30 female representation.

The above table shows that representation of women in government service is very low.

Women are quite well represented among the health care personnel in the various professions.

Statistical data that are found in the attachment present the representation of women in the different areas of higher education.

7.24 Female representation in Provincial and Municipal Councils has been very poor.

At the P 4 and P 5 levels, representation of women had stagnated since 1998, giving cause for concern in view of the significance of those levels as a pool for senior and higher posts.

There are two houses, the Senate, which is the upper house, and the National Assembly, which is the lower house.

Encourage non governmental organizations and public and political associations to adopt strategies that encourage women's representation.

On the other hand, the trend towards a low representation of women in political and public life continued.

This is true of our era where the oppression of women and the cult of thinness are linked to the objectification of all living bodies.

Gender indicators in higher learning institutions declined considerably. That is due to the fact that higher learning institutions are located in big cities.

Ms. Popescu said that women were seriously underrepresented in national and local government.

The Government of Afghanistan is also encouraged to strengthen the representation of women in local, regional and national government positions.

Women's representation in parliament is also an indicator for achieving Millennium Development Goal 3 on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Gaps still existed in such areas as the representation of women in political and economic life, violence against women, school attendance and numbers of women refugees and internally displaced persons.

There is no bar on representation of women in government policy. However there is no institutional mechanism for ensuring that women are consulted while formulating government policy.

Insufficient representation of women among the selected state officials is conditioned by the fact that only 37 of women are included in political science, and can be a cause for concern.

If a steady increase in the number of women is being noted in elected bodies, the trends with regard to executive bodies are ambiguous. The number of women in the higher echelons of executive authority has declined.

There is also a clear trend indicating an increase in the level of representation of women in administrative and management echelons, as well as among specialists and technical personnel.

As stated in our previous report, women's representation on the Boards of Government Corporations is rising.

Pakistan's representation in international organizations dealing with problems of women in bilateral contacts with other countries.

4. Also welcomes the progress made by the Community on gender and development towards achieving the target of 30 per cent representation of women in decision making, and its commitment to the new target of 50 per cent

(b) To identify women candidates for assignment to peacekeeping missions and to improve the representation of women in military and civilian police contingents

(b) To identify women candidates for assignment to peacekeeping missions and to improve the representation of women in military and civilian police contingents

The notable feature of these NGOs is the heavy representation of women and the senior positions occupied by women in many of them.

Although their political representation is gradually increasing, they still lag far behind men.

The trend seems to be that many countries receiving electoral assistance decide on their own to apply quotas for the representation of women.

The Beijing Platform for Action put forward specific recommendations aimed at improving the representation of African women at the United Nations.

She also asked whether mechanisms existed to protect the labour rights of women in the informal sector and requested data on the representation of women in the civil service.

The Authority for Government Corporations, in cooperation with the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women, have requested all governmental corporations to address the issue of women's appropriate representation in their annual reports.