The Minister for Equality, Ana Redondo, participated in the ministerial round table “Good practices to strengthen institutions and maximise financing to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”.

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The Parity Law, an example of good practice in the UN

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The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, during her interventionThe Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, during a ministerial debate held at the 68th CSW.
This ministerial round table was held as part of the 68th CSW, the Commission on the Status of Women, which is taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Among the good practices for improving the equal participation and leadership of women in economic institutions, the Parity Law was highlighted, “which requires this balance in all areas of political and economic decision-making”. Ana Redondo also explained that in Spain, since 2007, gender-balanced electoral lists have been compulsory, and that thanks to this, in 2023, the Congress of Deputies will have a percentage of 44.3% women and 43.3% in the Senate.

The ministerial round table also addressed practices for integrating gender equality into budgets. Ana Redondo highlighted the Gender Impact Report, which was drawn up in Spain for the first time in 2009, accompanying the General State Budget, and which has been compulsory since 2020. The Minister for Equality pointed out that this report is made up of three sections or “three Rs”: firstly, the reality, carrying out a diagnosis, based on certain indicators, of the reality of gender in the country; secondly, the representation of women and men in the General State Administration; and finally, the resources or results, which includes the reports that the ministries draw up analysing the gender impact of their spending programmes. “The objective is that reducing and eliminating inequalities should be the starting point for the design of all public policies from the very first minute of their conception. Thus, if the gender impact of these policies is found to be negative, they will be excluded from the budget,” explained Redondo.

In this debate, the minister also highlighted the Co-Responsibilities Plan as a strategy to achieve a sustainable economy, focused on maximising the financing of investments in the care economy and in accessible, quality public services. Ana Redondo recalled that the Plan has an investment of 190 million euros, earmarked for work-life balance and co-responsibility. A measure that focuses on the right of minors to care, as established in the European Care Strategy. “The Plan highlights the problem of the right to care and work-life balance from a gender equality perspective and with an approach to the social transformation of masculinities”, the minister pointed out.