BNP Paribas - Investing in women on the board
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Women In Politics, the Desire to Reality - Equalities and Inequalities
Portugal · unspecified · Transnational · See the Portugal profile
Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 100% 3/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
Promote gender equality and the empowerment of women is one of the millennium development goals. In this sense, this article reflects, analyzes, and interprets the situation of women in politics, trying to identify the factors that promote or inhibit their participation. It also
9 of 151
Women elected as heads of state, globally (2010)
11 of 192
Women heads of government, globally (2010)
16 %
Women in ministerial posts, globally (2010)
76 of 230 (33%)
Women deputies in the Assembleia da República (Portugal)
547 of 2,086 (26%)
Women in municipal executive bodies (Portugal)
24 of 308 (8%)
Women mayors (Portugal)
Details
- Promoter
- Olívia de Carvalho & Elza Pais — website
- Power domain
- Social Power, Economic Power
- Methods / tools
- Monitoring, Self-regulation, Benchmarking
- Keywords
- gender, equality, women participation, policy
Context
Article reflecting on the situation of women in politics, analysing the factors that promote or inhibit their political participation and assessing (in)equality in political and economic decision-making, framed against the Millennium Development Goal of promoting gender equality and women's empowerment.
Results
Globally, in 2010 only 9 of 151 elected heads of state and 11 of 192 heads of government were women, and women held only 16% of ministerial posts. In Portugal, the Parity Law is described as a decisive milestone: for the first time in the history of Portuguese democracy, the Assembleia da República reached 33% female representation (76 of 230 deputies); in municipal executive bodies, women reached 26% representation (547 of 2,086 members); and only 24 of 308 municipalities (8%) had a female mayor.
Conclusions
Progress in women's representation in the executive branch is described as especially slow; the article argues that action on political representation is urgent, since parliaments are key settings for implementing gender equality, and that raising voter awareness of women's contribution to development and progress must be a priority.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k)
- Time to results
- Short (< 1 year)
Commonly funded by
National / regional programmes CERV — Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14
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