Women in positions of power occupy roles that grant them authority, influence, and simultaneously responsibility. Historically, power and leadership positions have been predominantly held by men, marking one of the significant gaps between genders.
According to the Gender Equality Index published by INSTAT, when it comes to power, Albanian women are listed alongside the most powerful ones in Europe like Sweden, France, and Denmark, above the average of the 28 European Union countries. The connection between Albanian women and power is not coincidental; one needs only to recall the Illyrian queen Teuta, whose power's echo resonates to this day.The field of women's power is measured through three main divisions: political power, economic power, and social power.
In politics, participation is nearly twice that of European women.
Subcategories of political power include indicators that measure the relationship of women to individuals in roles like government ministers and the percentage of women deputies in the National Parliament. Additionally, this subcategory includes the representation of women in representative positions in municipal councils. Women participate in ministerial positions in Albania at a rate of 45.4%, a figure much higher than the EU-28 average of 28.1%, according to INSTAT. Similarly, women are better represented in Albanian municipal councils compared to the EU (35.9% compared to 28.5%).
Money is power.
The subfield of economic power refers to the distinction in managing economic resources through leadership positions and encompasses indicators of women's participation on management or supervisory boards of major companies listed on the stock exchange and participation in executive boards of the central bank. However, they are somewhat less represented as deputies in parliament compared to EU-28 (26.2% compared to 29.3%).
Participation of women in leadership positions in major companies is slightly higher in Albania compared to the EU-28 average (26.4% compared to 25.0%), and much higher when it comes to membership on the central bank's board (48.1% compared to 20.3%).
Social power of Albanian women.
The subfield of social power includes indicators that measure the relationships between women and men on the boards of organizations that fund scientific research, the percentage on the boards of public broadcasting companies, and the percentage in the highest decision-making bodies of national Olympic sports organizations. Social power is covered by the Gender Equality Index due to the symbolic influence it holds over society and access to structures and powerful positions in various fields.
Compared to the average of the 28 EU countries, Albanian women have a relatively high representation on the boards of organizations funding scientific research compared to the EU-28 average (44.4% compared to 39.9%), but they are significantly underrepresented on the boards of public broadcasting organizations (9.1% compared to 36.0%) and in the highest decision-making bodies of national Olympic sports organizations (9.4% compared to 14.8%).
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