COMMISSION LAUNCHES NEW EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STRATEGY.

• Position: Brief article

The European Commission launched, on 17 December 2010, a new equal opportunities strategy with concrete targets for the period up to 2014. By then, 25% of senior management posts should be occupied by women (compared with 21% now), with a corresponding target to replace at least 30% of retiring senior managers with women. By 2014, 30% of middle managers should be women (23% now), with 50% of retiring middle managers to be replaced by women. The aim is also to have 43% of non-management administrator (AD) posts occupied by women. For the first time, these goals will be set at the level of each individual...