1. Gender-Sensitive Policy-Making At the core of inclusive Growth
Tatyana Teplova,
Deputy Head of Public Governance and Reviews Division,
Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate
OECD
Brussels, 8 March 2017

2. While much progress has been made, gender gaps still persist…
Women in parliaments in OECD countries (2002 – 2016)
Source: OECD Government at a Glance 2015, IPU
Bars in light blue represent countries with lower or single house parliaments with legislated candidate quotas as of 21 January, 2016.
Data refer to share of women parliamentarians recorded as of 1 February 2015, 31 October 2012 and 25 October
Percentages represent the number of women parliamentarians as a share of total filled seats data for the Slovak Republic are
unavailable.

3. …especially in most senior jobs in parliaments…
Presidents of parliaments, upper and lower houses, in OECD countries (2016)
Source: Inter-parliamentary Union Database, 2016.

4. Gender gaps are also evident in top court jobs…
Share of women supreme court justices, 2012 or latest year available
Source: OECD (2013), Government at a Glance 2013, based on the following sources: EU countries: European Commission Database on Women in Decision-Making. Non-EU countries: OECD Survey on Women in Public Leadership.

5. And top administration…
Female share of employment in senior management in central government and female share of all employment in central government, 2016
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of Employees in Central/Federal Governments – preliminary data.

6. And on company boards…
Female share of seats on boards of publicly listed companies, 2013 and 2016
Source: EC (2016) Database on women and men in decision-making for EU countries, Iceland, Norway and Turkey, and MSCI (2015) Women on Boards: Global trends in Gender Diversity on Corporate Board for all other countries.

7. Gender pay gaps are difficult to close…
Average gender pay gap by country, 2011 and 2014
Data extracted on 02 Mar from OECD.Stat

8. Yet gender equality is linked with confidence in public institutions
Women ministers and confidence in national governments in OECD countries (2012)
Source: OECD report Women, Government and Policy Making in OECD Countries, 2014.

9. …and inclusive growth
Women in key decision-making positions and income inequality in OECD countries
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database and Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), PARLINE (database).

10. Policy responses to boost gender-sensitive policy-making
Pillar 1:
Measures to close gaps in representation
Pillar 2:
Evidence and tools for inclusive public policy-making
Pillar 3:
Effective institutional and implementation framework

11. Towards closing gender participation gaps
Work-life balance (also at the top)
Flexible working hours and conditions
Parental leave
Childcare facilities
Gender-sensitive workplaces
Pay equity measures
Engagement of men!
Affirmative action
gender equality targets
gender quotas
Awareness-raising programmes
Targeting relevant stakeholders, e.g. media, employers
Leadership development and mentoring

12. 2. Evidence base and tools for gender analysis are improving but further progress is needed
Requirements to assess the impacts of gender equality in developing primary laws (2014)
Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG) 2015,

13. Gender budgeting: a more prominent but underutilised tool
Status of Gender Budgeting in OECD countries, 2016
Source: 2016 OECD Survey of Gender Budgeting.

14. 3. Institutions play a key role in promoting equality
Parliamentary committees on gender equality (or equivalent) in OECD countries (2016)
Source: Data taken from official websites of OECD country legislatures as well as Inter-Parliamentary Union PARLINE database.

15. Role of the OECD in promoting gender equality for inclusive growth
2013 OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Employment, Education and Entrepreneurship
2015 OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Public Life
Set of comparative policy practices and options
Tailored recommendations
Tailored Gender Reviews (Mexico, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia & Jordan)
Assessment of opportunities and challenges
Targeted policy advice
Data Collection and implementation support
Toolkit and an online database of good practices
Self-assessment tools
Key indicators and benchmarks
Policy dialogue