Debates Parlamentares - Diário 025, p. 4 (2012-02-04)

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ANEXO A

Speech by Mr. Mendes Bota, on the debate of the “Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee” presented by Mr. Mevlut Çavusoglu Plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Strasbourg, 23rd January 2012

Dear President, colleagues,

This is the first time that the Bureau progress report includes information about the gender breakdown of the overall Assembly composition and of the main leadership positions in the Assembly as well as in Committees.

I am pleased that the Bureau agreed with the proposal of the former Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men to publish detailed statistics about gender equality in our Assembly together with an assessment of the trend: are we making progress towards more gender equality or are we regressing?

Making statistics publicly available has the advantage of ensuring TRANSPARENCY. As we all know, the best way to avoid tackling a problem is hiding it. From now on we will know exactly where we stand.

And where do we stand? If I may say it frankly, as an Assembly which praises itself as the HOME OF DEMOCRACY, which speaks for the promotion and defence of human rights, who has repeatedly committed itself - in a wealth of resolutions and several passages of its rules of procedure - to take into account the principle of gender equality, WE ARE NOT SO GOOD.

In 2011, women represented only:

o 30 percent of the membership of the Assembly.
o 20 percent of Chairpersons o 28 percent of Committees’ Bureau members and o 37 percent of rapporteurs for report

Looking at these figures a bit more in detail, we find out that the situation is rather polarised: women represented only 15 percent of the members and 11 percent of rapporteurs for report in the Political Affairs Committee while, at the other end of the spectrum, they were 69 percent of the members and 70 percent of the rapporteurs for report in the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men.

Other Committees in which women’s representation in 2011 was above the Assembly’s average, were the Committee on Culture, Science and Education and the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee.

Statistics tell us two facts: o that women are under-represented in all Assembly leadership positions; o and that there is a tendency to segmentation, with women being more present in ‘soft’ and less present in ‘hard’ issues.

Statistics basically tell us that WE MAY BE GOOD AT PREACHING BUT, IN REALITY THE SITUATION IN THE HOME OF DEMOCRACY IS NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE SITUATION OUTSIDE.

Dear President, colleagues,

Statistics give us facts that we have to interpret, take into account and on which we must act. It is not enough to say that we are not so good. WE SHOULD BE BETTER.

4 | - Número: 025 | 4 de Fevereiro de 2012ANEXO ASpeech by Mr. Mendes Bota, on the debate of the “Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee” presented by Mr. Mevlut Çavusoglu Plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Strasbourg, 23rd January 2012Dear President, colleagues,This is the first time that the Bureau progress report includes information about the gender breakdown of the overall Assembly composition and of the main leadership positions in the Assembly as well as in Committees.I am pleased that the Bureau agreed with the proposal of the former Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men to publish detailed statistics about gender equality in our Assembly together with an assessment of the trend: are we making progress towards more gender equality or are we regressing?Making statistics publicly available has the advantage of ensuring TRANSPARENCY. As we all know, the best way to avoid tackling a problem is hiding it. From now on we will know exactly where we stand.And where do we stand? If I may say it frankly, as an Assembly which praises itself as the HOME OF DEMOCRACY, which speaks for the promotion and defence of human rights, who has repeatedly committed itself - in a wealth of resolutions and several passages of its rules of procedure - to take into account the principle of gender equality, WE ARE NOT SO GOOD.In 2011, women represented only:o 30 percent of the membership of the Assembly.
o 20 percent of Chairpersons o 28 percent of Committees’ Bureau members and o 37 percent of rapporteurs for reportLooking at these figures a bit more in detail, we find out that the situation is rather polarised: women represented only 15 percent of the members and 11 percent of rapporteurs for report in the Political Affairs Committee while, at the other end of the spectrum, they were 69 percent of the members and 70 percent of the rapporteurs for report in the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men.Other Committees in which women’s representation in 2011 was above the Assembly’s average, were the Committee on Culture, Science and Education and the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee.Statistics tell us two facts: o that women are under-represented in all Assembly leadership positions; o and that there is a tendency to segmentation, with women being more present in ‘soft’ and less present in ‘hard’ issues.Statistics basically tell us that WE MAY BE GOOD AT PREACHING BUT, IN REALITY THE SITUATION IN THE HOME OF DEMOCRACY IS NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE SITUATION OUTSIDE.Dear President, colleagues,Statistics give us facts that we have to interpret, take into account and on which we must act. It is not enough to say that we are not so good. WE SHOULD BE BETTER.

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