Romania is at the end of the European list regarding the percentage of seats occupied by women in the management of large listed companies, with only 11.3 percent in April 2015, while the European average is 21.2 percent, according to European Commission data released on Tuesday, during “Gender Diversity in the Boardrooms – Key Driver to Company Performance” conference.
France tops the ranking with 32.8 percent and the last place is occupied by Malta, with only 2.5 percent.
At the same time many European countries have clear targets for promoting women in leadership positions, but Romania has not set such a target.
In France, the target is 40 percent by 2017, in Austria – 35 percent by 2018 (from 17.8 percent currently), in Belgium – 33 percent by 2017 (from 23.4 percent), Germany – 30 percent by 2016 (from 25.4 percent), in Greece – 33 percent on unannounced term (from 10.3 percent), in Italy – 33 percent in 2015 (from 25.8 percent), in Netherlands – 30 percent by 2016 (from 23.8 percent) and Spain – 40 percent by 2015 (from 16.8 percent).
In his turn, attending the event, Paul Brummell, UK Ambassador, has appreciated that “Romania looks good” in certain areas on the share of women in leadership positions, namely public administration, but not as well in others, such as female representation in the Parliament.
Also, Angela Filote, the head of the EC Representation in Romania, pointed out that women still face discrimination in relation to men at European level, both in terms of equal opportunities in achieving leadership positions in a company and in terms of payment for the same work.