10.45 What the data does not show however is the seniority of positions that women hold compared with men.

Table 8.1. Proportion of women in diplomatic positions

Ships owned or operated by a State

The Government has formulated targets for the proportion of women in senior positions.

Companies operated by minority communities need support.

Table 6.2 Ratio of female and male participation in leadership ( )

The police service carries out quantitative monitoring of the number of women in executive posts.

The following tables below show the proportion of women in diplomatic posts and the proportion of women working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies.

The table shows the increase of the proportion of women in diplomatic posts during the period of 2000 2004.

Women were appointed to 32 per cent of Cabinet positions in the new Government.

Women are still underrepresented in academic posts at universities, especially at the level of professors.

It was important also to encourage women to run for office.

Although more than 1 3 of the senior officials and managers are women, less than 1 5 of the highest level leadership positions are held by women.

Although women were still relatively underrepresented in top posts, significant strides had been made.

The light that it powers has enabled us to have active, productive lives past sunset.

7.21 In 2003 one out of nine Director Generals was a woman and of the 47 Directors, nine were women representing only 18 per cent of senior positions held by women.

Similar stories have recently been dominating the news and discussions in the blogosphere.

In leadership positions, the proportion of women was lower for instance, 5 of mayors of Latin American municipalities are women.

Judicial positions held

There were not enough women in economic and technical posts or the diplomatic corps.

And yet it has to be pointed out that the higher the post, the smaller the number of women employed.

Lebanese women were highly educated but few were elected to office.

The fees paid by an NGO for the buildings they use are split between the owner and Indohaadde.

More than one third of the seats in our National Parliament and one quarter of Government posts are held by women, as is the case with other important institutions, and, for the first time, women head up community level authority structures.

The United States is ranked 59th out of 184 countries in the participation of women in the lower government levels.

She suggested that the President of the Gambia might use his power to appoint women to office, invoking the Convention to justify his action.

Radio 102FM 65.5 women employees, holding 80 of the managerial positions and 48.5 of the journalist positions.

This is in conformity with the constitutional requirement that 30 per cent of appointed officials at all levels of Government must be women.

Ms. Tavares da Silva welcomed the steps taken to ensure that more women were nominated to public office.

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

Maternity leave does not entail loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances.

In that regard, we urge Member States and the organizations of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, to address the barriers women face in moving into decision making positions.

The Prime Minister's Office is currently the only Office where 50 per cent of senior posts are held by women.

But the glass ceiling is only a small part of the issue.

In 2001 the combined proportion of women in executive posts in the regional police forces and the National Police Services Agency (KLPD) was 17.6 .

On the contrary, we must build on existing institutions. In short, we need to retain the hardware, but update the software.

(h) To intensify efforts to increase the number of women in public bodies, including through research into barriers to women's access to high level public appointments

Increase the proportion of women in senior positions, particularly at the Director General and Director level by 30 per cent by 2006 Increase representation of females by 30 per cent in statutory boards, commission and tribunals by 2006 Have an equal representation of men and women in employment in the Public Service by 2006.

Women's own lack of confidence to break the glass ceiling has been suggested as one reason for few women in top positions.

The proportion of women in senior posts increased from 17 in 2000 to 20 in 2003.

(b) That include adequate procedures for the selection and training of individuals for public positions considered especially vulnerable to corruption and the rotation, where appropriate, of such individuals to other positions

But they are not producing as many women managers in the private sector as the United States is, much less at the top ranks.

Positions held

I have just about had it with this behavior ...Let's think of the women on minimum wage who don't have the power to react...and for those who to accuse, is to go broke...Women on the front lines right now have at least the means to defend themselves.

3. The present Convention is without prejudice to the immunities enjoyed by a State under international law with respect to aircraft or space objects owned or operated by a State.