2.1 pursue its declared aim of bridging
the gap between de jure and de facto gender equality in Council
of Europe member states with new vigour, in particular by instructing
the competent committee to draft an additional protocol to the European
Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5) in order to enshrine the
right to equality for women and men therein, as well as the necessary
exception allowing positive discrimination measures for the under-represented
sex;
2.2 implement the recommendations contained in
Recommendation 1899 (2010) on
increasing women’s representation in politics through the electoral
system and
Recommendation
1907 (2010) on the wage gap between women and men, as
well as in other relevant Assembly texts, as soon as possible;
2.3 give priority to gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting
in its own work, and the work of its committees, in particular as
far as equal participation of women and men in political and public
decision making is concerned;
2.4 encourage member states to promote and ensure gender balance
in leadership and decision-making positions while reforming the
financial institutions and also to promote and ensure similar gender balance
in businesses in the public and private sector.
