All posts tagged "gender parity"

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  Women’s Network news roundup: near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet – and the mountain Japan has to climb

  GGF brings you the latest roundup of women-focused and gender equity news from around the world, including near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet, gender-responsive policy training in Liberia, a

  • Posted June 18, 2025
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  ‘The squeaky wheel gets the grease’: making noise about achieving gender parity in public services

  Women tend to have less influence in decision-making in government – even in civil and public services that have equal representation of men and women in senior roles. During a

  • Posted January 29, 2024
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  Record number of women hired to Japanese civil service – but proportion remains low

  The number of women appointed to roles in Japan’s national civil service has reached a record high of 38.7% in 2022-23, official figures show. The percentage translates to women accounting

  • Posted June 28, 2023
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  Australia’s defence department sets 50% recruitment target for women in STEM

  Australia’s Department of Defence is working towards doubling the number of women hired through science, technology, engineering and mathematics recruitment programmes. The 50% target announced last week will apply to

  • Posted June 14, 2023
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  International Women’s Day: listen to GGF’s women leaders podcast

  To mark International Women’s Day, we bring you a special edition podcast in which two top civil servants discuss their experiences as women in government, their public service’s journey towards

  • Posted March 7, 2023
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  Pursuing gender parity in the public sector: women leaders’ views

  At a webinar on how to achieve gender parity in civil and public services, leaders from Canada and South Africa shared their own experiences as women in government, their respective

  • Posted February 6, 2023
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  Women Leaders Index: why gender parity in South Africa’s public service isn’t just a numbers game

  South Africa is just 1.4 percentage points from reaching gender parity in the top ranks of its public service, a new report from Global Government Forum has found. But as

  • Posted December 6, 2022
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  Women Leaders Index: how the Canadian public service achieved gender parity in its highest ranks

  Canada is the only G20 country to have reached gender balance in public service leadership positions, a new report from Global Government Forum has found. Here, long-time public service leader

  • Posted November 30, 2022
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  UK civil service data shows gaping gender pension gap, says auditor

  There is 47% gender pay gap in pensions in the UK civil service, according to analysis published by government spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) today. The report, Public

  • Posted March 19, 2021
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  Collective wisdom: women leaders share their career tips for the next generation

  Don’t limit yourself, and remember Winnie the Pooh. To celebrate International Women’s Day, senior officials share the advice they wish they had known earlier in their working lives To celebrate

  • Posted March 5, 2021
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