The audit is to find out why men become school headmasters more frequently, though women predominate among teachers. It should also focus on differences in salaries of male and female teachers and assess whether pupils of both genders are approached equally at schools, Laurencikova said. According to an NGOs' report on equal opportunities for men and women, the situation in the Czech Republic is alarming. The report concludes that men and women are equal neither in the possibility to achieve promotion in their career nor in salaries in all professions. The situation of gender equality in Czech politics is the most serious Few Czechs satisfied with democracy - poll ...
Latest news - 10-07-2008 ... problem, editor Petr Pavlik pointed out. The Czech Republic is placed 74th in the share of women in the lower house of parliament.
Women make up 15.5 percent of deputies and 13.6 percent of senators. Yet gender equality remains a marginal topic for the Czech government, the report authors say. Minister for human rights and ethnic minorities Dzamila Stehlikova (Greens, SZ), who received the report today, partially agrees with its conclusions. She said she considers the lack of women in higher posts, pay inequality and a low share of men who look after children the most significant shortcomings. The report has been worked out by experts from the academic and non-profit circles joined in the ProEquality Coalition and the Open Society Praha foundation. The project has been supported by the EU.
(Ceske Noviny)
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