In the light of these considerations, the Assembly calls on
member states of the Council of Europe to:
7.1 take strong and resolute action to combat gender discrimination
in education and employment;
7.2 introduce progressive measures to ensure reconciliation
of private and working life, in particular as regards parental leave,
balanced participation of women and men in family life, flexible
work arrangements, leave for family reasons, protection of workers
who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, reintegration
in the labour market for women who interrupted their career to take
care of family members, including the obligation for the employer
to retrain the person concerned, and availability of childcare for
working parents;
7.3 take prompt action to offer incentives to tackle the gender
salary gap, as recommended in Assembly Resolution 1715 (2010) on
the wage gap between women and men;
7.4 encourage action against gender stereotypes in education,
at all levels, and at work, and promote training on gender equality
in schools and public administrations;
7.5 support the preparation and implementation of training
programmes and databases geared to supporting women in their professional
careers and in access to top management and decision-making posts
in the public and private sectors;
7.6 encourage women’s networking initiatives and exchanges
of good practice in this field;
7.7 ensure that the gender dimension is included in all calls
for public tender;
7.8 award “Equality Labels” to those encouraging recruitment
of women and establishing support programmes for women’s careers;
7.9 promote the feminisation of job titles;
7.10 set an example by adopting action plans aimed at improving
the representation of women in decision-making bodies in all branches
of administration, at local, regional and central levels, as well
as in state-owned companies;
7.11 adopt legislation requiring that public and private institutions
achieve a minimum 40% representation of women in management and
decision-making positions within a clearly defined time frame, and
put in place the necessary mechanisms for monitoring the implementation
of such legislation;
7.12 introduce the obligation for state-owned and large private
companies to guarantee a minimum 40% representation of women on
their governing and management boards;
7.13 implement the Action Plan “Taking up the Challenge of
the Achievement of de jure and de facto Gender Equality” adopted
by the Ministers responsible for Equality between Women and Men
at the 7th Council of Europe Ministerial Conference (Baku, 24 and
25 May 2010).