Goal achieved – 9 of the 27 nominees are women

Jon Worth — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:26:15 +0000

What a week! It’s not often that things move so fast… but with today’s decision by the Dutch cabinet to nominate Neelie Kroes for a second term, and the earlier nomination of Connie Hedegaard there are currently 9 female nominees. Since the low point last week – 3 nominees – the 6 of the subsequent 7 nominations have all been women. So far the 9 are Jeleva, Vassiliou, Hedegaard, Danamaki, Geoghegan-Quinn, Reding, Kroes, Malmström, Ashton. Female candidates nominated so far are denoted by the small nominated logo displayed on the list of Female Commissioners.

So the aim of the campaign has been achieved!

OK, we don’t know how much our little web campaign helped. Perhaps we were pushing at an open door. But all the fuss made around the gender question and the top jobs undoubtedly played a role, and we’re happy to have done a little bit towards that aim.

FT: The right man in the right job is often a woman

Jon Worth — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:40:58 +0000

Margot Wallström, Diana Wallis and Neelie Kroes have written an article in today’s FT about gender matters for the EU’s top jobs entitled “The right man in the right job is often a woman” – you can read the entire article here.

Gender Balanced Commission » Neelie Kroes

Goal achieved – 9 of the 27 nominees are women

FT: The right man in the right job is often a woman