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Maltese women remain under-represented on decision-making boards

Literature Item

Author Information:

• Name: Tia Reljic - Malta Today
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/

Abstract:

Despite signs of improvement in the EU’s gender equality index, Maltese women are still in a very small minority on the boards of directors of both public and private entities. In the EU Gender Equality Index 2017, Malta scored the most significant progress out of all participating countries with a point increase of 17.5, in the main down to women’s access to economic independence and the increase in female labour participation. But while the majority of EU member states improved their scores in the domain of power, Malta actually regressed by 0.4 points in gender equality in decision-making positions across political, economic, and social spheres in the same report. And despite females accounting for 60% of University of Malta graduates and a significant increase of women in the labour market, the meagre number of women in positions of power does not reflect the increase of women in the workforce.

Keywords:

women under-representation, women in government boards, women in corporations

Publication Date:

March 7, 2018

Source Specificity:

None, None, None

Website:

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/85009/maltese_women_remain_underrepresented_on_decisionmaking_boards#.ZDsitOxByEt

Power Domains:

Economic

Methods Tools:

Awareness-raising, Benchmarking

Country:

Malta

Implementation Scale:

National

Language:

English