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MINISTRY OFSOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH
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Riitta Martikainen
Ministerial Counsellor,
Gender Equality Affairs
Gender Equality Unit
Gender Equality in Finland 6.3.2008 Barcelona, Catalunya
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Government´s gender equality policy
The Government as a whole is responsible for promoting gender equality.
Minister of Culture and Sports has gender equality issues in his portfolio
Female majority in the government: 20 ministers, 11 women and 9 men
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Goals of the gender equality policy equal pay for men and women advancement of women’s careers and promotion of women into
managerial positions mainstreaming of the gender perspective in all policies reduction of gender-based segregation of the labour market reconciliation of work and family life promoting awareness of gender equality in schools Government prepares Action Plan for Gender Equality
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Pay differences
The pay gap between women and men is about 20 % Women participate in paid work very actively Employment rate for women is 68 % and for men 71 % 19 % of women and 8 % of men work part time 20 % of women and 13 % of men have fixed-term work Average level of education is higher for women than for
men, high level of gender segregation
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Equal Pay Programme (1)
The Government’s goal is to clearly reduce the differences in pay between men and women
The Government is committed to the tripartite equal pay programme
The Equal Pay Programme started in 2006 All the central labour market central organisations are
involved in the programme
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Equal Pay Programme (2) Main aim of the programme is to narrow the pay gap from 20 %
to 15 % by the year 2015 Other objectives are related to:
payroll systems segregation of the labour market collective agreements family and work women’s career advancement
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The Act on Equality between Women and Men
Entry in 1987, revised and amended several times Objectives of the act
To prevent direct and indirect discrimination based on gender
To promote equality between women and men To improve the status of women, particularly in
working life
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More about the Equality Act
all public authorities must promote gender equality as part of their official duties
quotas: in Government committees, boards,working groups etc.
and in municipal bodies at least 40 % of both men and women
no quotas in private companies
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Gender Equality Planning at Workplaces
The Equality Act obliges all employers to promote gender equality (recruitment, promotion, pay etc.)
employers with workforce of 30 or more are required to draw up a gender equality plan
pay survey must be done as part of the equality plan information on the pay of women and men employed
by an employer if pay discrimination is found, it must be rectified
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Female leadership
one of focuses of the Governments gender Equality Policy less than tenth of the chief executive officers (CEO)are
women less than fourth of corporate board members are women new research results: company led by a female CEO is on
average about 10 % more profitable the share of female board members has a similar positive
impact