EUROPEAN COMMISSION MOVES TO REDRESS INTERNAL GROUP GENDER IMBALANCE.

If the European Commission is to proclaim itself as a champion of equality it must live by its words, as witnessed by a decision aimed at ensuring a reasonable gender balance in the expert groups and committees it sets up. The decision taken on 19 June sets a target of at least 40% of each sex in each group or committee in the medium term. For those groups already in existence, the Commission promises to redress the gender imbalance when posts become available. The EU executive binds itself formally to review the results of this commitment in...