Luxembourg’s Government cabinet met on 15 September to discuss gender equality within its main decision-making bodies.
During the meeting, the cabinet analysed its second intermediary report concerning better representation of underrepresented genders in ninety-five different organisations as of 30 June 2016. These included public institutions, groups of economic interest (GIE) and societies (listed and non-listed credit institutions) in which the State participates or holds interest. The aim of this project is to have women represent 40% of roles in public and private business administration councils by 2019.
Since 2014, the Ministry of Economy has implemented a monitoring system to follow the situation’s development.
Between January and June 2016, the total number of female members of administration councils recorded rose from 24.36% to 25.66%. As for representatives of the State, the figure rose from 30.60% to 32.34%.
In other words, out of 865 administration roles, 222 were women. In order to reach the aim of 40%, 124 more posts need to be filled by women by 2019.
The government’s efforts stem from the desire to move towards an equal sharing of responsibilities between men and women in all aspects of life, economic decision-making being one area where women are still largely underrepresented.
