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Recommendation 1738 (2006) Final version
Mechanisms to ensure women's participation in decision-making
1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers
to Resolution 1489 (2006) on
mechanisms to guarantee women’s participation in decision making.
2. The Assembly invites the Committee of Ministers to:
2.1. continue its follow-up action
on Committee of Ministers Recommendation Rec(2003)3 on balanced
participation of women and men in political and public decision
making and ensure in particular that indicators are introduced to
gauge the efficiency of the institutional mechanisms and national
action plans put in place in the member states of the Council of
Europe;
2.2. in particular, ask the Steering Committee on Equality
between Women and Men to conduct studies on the selection criteria
used for public appointment procedures in order to pinpoint the
factors that exercise a negative influence on female appointments
and recommend measures to eliminate such factors;
2.3. implement without delay the Assembly’s Recommendation 1676 (2004) on
women’s participation in elections by drawing up a charter for electoral
equality aimed at giving women a genuine opportunity to accede to
posts in political and public life and at combating family voting;
2.4. ensure participation by women in its steering committees
and its other working bodies at the levels mentioned in its own
recommendation, that is at least 40%;
2.5. continue its policy of promoting equal opportunities in
the Council of Europe Secretariat and adopt further measures, taking
account of the under-representation of women in the Organisation’s
top posts and in middle management;
2.6. instruct the competent steering committee to define the
duties and terms of reference of a Council of Europe gender equality
ombudsperson with responsibilities covering all aspects of promotion
of equal opportunities for men and women in Europe, including gender
balance in decision making, who would ensure implementation of the
principle of equality between women and men in the member states
of the Council of Europe, in co-ordination with the Commissioner
for Human Rights.