„Justitia in the pants“ – the proportion of women in the judiciary rose resort again

The BMVRDJ recorded again this year, a steady upward trend in women in leadership positions

Vienna (OTS) – on the Occasion of today’s international women’s day, the Federal Ministry for constitutional reforms, deregulation and justice, presented to the very pleasing Figures for the proportion of women in the Department. As the last evaluation to the date 1. January 2019, exceeded the quota of 50% in the justice area again this year. The proportion of female staff in the justice Department, have been rising for years and is at the beginning of the year, for a total of approximately of 53.6%. Thus, the Department recorded since 2006, an increase of approximately 5.2 percentage points.
For years, the proportion of women rising in the professional groups of judges, prosecutors, and the judges of candidates and the senior most. Since 2006, he has climbed more than 11.6 percentage points to about 56%.
Fortunately, also in the traditionally low proportion of women in the Executive is a continuous staff upward trend: 15.7% the number of women developed in the justice, security service, also thanks to the last intense Recruiting measures – in a positive direction (in 2006, the proportion of women stood at 9.9%).
Possible these steady increases are mainly due to the been active for many years operated the equal treatment policy in the justice Department. In addition to opportunities for part-time and tele-working are constantly being set new targets and measures to promote the reconciliation of work and family.
„We have set in the area of equality in the last few years, many important measures to promote women in the judiciary. The judiciary is female, and the statistics confirms that our efforts to promote female leadership and women’s worth in the prison system. Also in 2019, we will work ambitiously, the proportion of women in the judiciary continue to expand,“ said Minister of justice, Josef Moser.

The International women’s day (International Women’s Day) will be 8. Celebrated in March, and looks back on a long Tradition Originated in the period around the First world war, the International women’s day to remember, especially on issues such as equal rights and fought for women’s rights.

The Federal Ministry for the Constitution, reforms, deregulation, and
Justice
Alexandra Geyer
A spokesperson of the Federal Minister
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alexandra.geyer@bmvrdj.gv.at

The Federal Ministry for the Constitution, reforms, deregulation, and
Justice
Mag. Britta Tichy-Martin
departmental media spokesperson
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