Women hold over half of decision-making positions in the Romanian central public administration and most leader positions within ministries, according to a survey conducted by the Labor Ministry at the request of the European Commission.
Women in the European Union earn on average 20% less than men for the same work, resulting in lower pensions, while 35% of women older than 65 live in poverty, according to a Tuesday hearing in the European Parliament.
The Romanian Ministry of Labor could agree to reduce the retirement age for women who have children and a proposition will be made in this respect by Labor Minister Mihai Seitan in his meeting with Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday.
Social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said Saturday during a visit in Zalau, northwestern Romania, his party does not agree with increasing retirement age for Romanian women as the latter face tougher life conditions than women elsewhere in the European Union.
Most leading public office positions in Romania are filled by men, and only 19% of ministers and 9.76% of lawmakers are women, according to a survey presented Monday by the Romanian Agency for Equal Chances (ANES).
Romania’s Health Ministry will unfold a national heath program starting this autumn, for a period of at least five years, allowing women countrywide to benefit from Babes-Papanicolaou testing charge free, which targets to detect pre-cancer and cervical cancer.
The president of the Romanian Football Federation, Mircea Sandu, said Friday in a press conference on the launch of the second phase of the campaign promoting mixed football, that the clubs in the top two leagues will be obligated over the next two years to have a women’s football team as well.
Romania sees 25% more cases of women who were victims of domestic violence in the first nine months of the year, compared to the number reported in 2007, Mihaela Mostavi, head of the National Agency for Family Protection, said Tuesday, at the start of a campaign against domestic violence.
Mircea Geoana, head of Romania’s leftist opposition Social-Democratic Party (PSD), estimated his party would win 40% of Parliament seats in the future legislative elections.
Romania’s leftist opposition Social Democratic Party leader Mircea Geoana said Thursday in the debate "Leader She. Creative leadership solutions for the 21st century", that the first step to having a majority of women in politics is having a woman prime minister come the next elections.
Women’s Day and Men’s Day could become legal holidays in Romania according to a draft law based on a citizens’ initiative to declare May 5 Men’s Day and for both days to be considered legal holidays.