why gender? where are we?

EUROPE REGION WAGGGS REGION EUROPE AMGE

FORUM IV Growing Membership

through Gender Awareness!

Why Gender?

Where are we?




Agenda

• Looking back

• Society today - some statistics

• Our Member organisations today

• Why gender




Our aim:

Growing Membership




2000: Realized decline in membership

2001: Forum III in Cyprus

2003: Round Table in the Netherlands

2004: Forum IV




WAGGGS Mission:

To enable girls and young women to develope their fullest potential as responsible citizen of the world.




Today´s society




% of employed people in EuropeFull-time incl. part-time

FemaleMale FemaleMale

Denmark 44 % 72 % 67 % 81 %

Ireland 33 % 64 % 43 % 67 %

Italy 32 % 63 % 36 % 65 %

Portugal 48 % 69 % 54 % 71 %

Sweden 40 % 67 % 68 % 70 %

UK 35 % 70 % 62 % 75 %(European Research)




Average Salaries in Europe (monthly)

Male: 1.817 Euro

Female: 1.235 Euro

Difference: 31 %

With university degree: 23 %




Development of the salary within 4 years

female male

Leadership Position + 53,3 % + 79,1 %

Highly qualified Position + 57,1 % + 59 %

Administration/Office + 46 % + 42,3 %

Unskilled worker + 20,3 % + 28,4 %




Female in the highest decision making bodiesin the 50 largest business companies (in each country)

Slovenia 23 %Norway 21 %Latvia 19 %Sweden 18 %Estonia/UK 15 %Denmark/Slovakia 13 %Finland 12 %Germany 10 %Greece 8 %Ireland 7 %Austria/Belgium/France 6 %Iceland/Portugal/Spain 4 %Italy 2 %




What leads to inequality in our society?• unfavourable first choices of job

• maternity leave

• less education through companies

• less opportunities to climb the career

• more social (family) work leads to more restrictions in the choice of a job




Why Gender-Equality?

• Society needs the best …

• The right of the individual …




Our Questionnaires

18 Total

4 Girl only associations

14 Mixed associations




How is the balance between women & men in your National Board?

2 Less than 20% are women

4 21-40% are women

6 41-50 % are women

2 More than 51 percent are women




How does your Association ensure the equal participation of women and men in all levels of your Association?

2 We don´t address this topic at all4 We don´t have the problem: we have

equal participation. 2 Our constitution and/or other laws

ensures that we have equal (around 50/50 %) participation on all levels of our Association

6 Other




How does your Association's educational programme and training prepare girls and young women for leadership roles?

1 We don't focus on preparing for leadership roles.7 We think that going through our grades is the

best way to prepare for leadership roles.4 We have special programme activities for some

of the age groups to prepare for leadership roles.7 We have special programme activities for all our

age groups to prepare for leadership roles.




Is your Association's educational programme relevant to the role of women in your society today?

4 Our program is more than 10 years old and needs updating to be relevant

8 Our programme was recently updated, but we did not specifically look at the role of women today.

6 Our programme is recently updated and is very relevant in this field

1 Other

When your Association last revised your educational programme. did you consider the gender issue?

4 Yes9 No4 Partly




How do gender issues and preparation for equal partnership get addressed when you train young leaders in your Association?

4 We don't address this topic.10 We don't address this topic separately, but

we touch the subject through other topics.2 We address this as a separate topic in some

of our courses for patrol leaders and young adult leaders.

1 We address this as a separate topic in all our courses for patrol leaders and young adult

leaders.1 Other




Does your Association focus on the advantages of being a single sex/co-educative association when you seek partners?

Mixed Single-sex

4 1 Not at all

6 We use this sometimes

3 1 We use this very often

1 1 We use this constantly, it is our main “selling point”

0 1 Other




What do we see in all those data:

Society does not offer equal gender opportunities

Our association doesn´t focus on Gender




Challenge you• … on educational programme

• … on training

• … on structure and management

• … on finance

• ... Branding

that leads to membership growth

why gender? where are we?

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