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Maltese women remain under-represented on decision-making boards

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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 participati

17.5 points
Gender Equality Index point increase, Malta (2017) (2017)
-0.4 points
Change in domain-of-power score, Malta (2017) (2017)
60 %
University of Malta graduates who are women
Maltese women remain under-represented on decision-making boards

Details

Promoter
Tia Reljic - Malta Today — website
Power domain
Economic Power
Methods / tools
Awareness-raising, Benchmarking
Keywords
women under-representation, women in government boards, women in corporations

Context

Despite signs of improvement in the EU's overall gender equality index, Maltese women remain a small minority on the boards of directors of both public and private entities.

Results

In the EU Gender Equality Index 2017, Malta recorded the most significant progress of all participating countries, with a point increase of 17.5, driven mainly by women's access to economic independence and increased female labour-market participation. However, while most EU member states improved their scores in the domain of power, Malta's score in gender equality in decision-making positions — across political, economic and social spheres — regressed by 0.4 points in the same report. This is despite women accounting for 60% of University of Malta graduates and a significant increase in women's labour-market participation.

Conclusions

Women remain under-represented on government boards and corporations, and Malta's listed companies and PLCs remain largely 'boys' clubs' — the small number of women in positions of power does not reflect the increase of women in the workforce.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)

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