Gender distribution within the BRS Secretariat 2019
|
Category
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
20
|
32
|
G-level
|
8
|
12
|
P-level
|
10
|
20
|
D-level
|
2
|
0
|
Gender distribution at the COPs
Gender distribution at the 2013 BRS COPs
|
Regions
|
Parties
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Asia-Pacific (total)
|
37
|
65
|
24
|
89
|
Asia-Pacific (%)
|
73%
|
27%
|
Africa (total)
|
48
|
99
|
30
|
129
|
Africa (%)
|
77%
|
23%
|
Latin American and Caribbean (total)
|
28
|
35
|
39
|
74
|
Latin American and Caribbean (%)
|
47%
|
53%
|
Central and Eastern Europe (total)
|
13
|
11
|
20
|
31
|
Central and Eastern Europe (%)
|
35%
|
65%
|
GRAND TOTAL FOR ALL REGIONS
|
126
|
210
|
113
|
323
|
GRAND TOTAL in percentage
|
65%
|
35%
|
|
Gender distribution at the 2015 BRS COPs
|
Regions
|
Parties
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Asia-Pacific (total)
|
30
|
51
|
25
|
76
|
Asia-Pacific (%)
|
67%
|
33%
|
|
Africa (total)
|
48
|
91
|
36
|
127
|
Africa (%)
|
72%
|
28%
|
|
Latin American and Caribbean (total)
|
25
|
30
|
35
|
65
|
Latin American and Caribbean (%)
|
46%
|
54%
|
|
Central and Eastern Europe (total)
|
12
|
13
|
17
|
30
|
Central and Eastern Europe (%)
|
43%
|
57%
|
|
GRAND TOTAL FOR ALL REGIONS
|
115
|
185
|
113
|
|
GRAND TOTAL in percentage
|
62%
|
38%
|
|
Gender distribution at the 2017 BRS COPs
|
Regions
|
Parties
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Asia-Pacific (total)
|
35
|
67
|
27
|
94
|
Asia-Pacific (%)
|
71%
|
29%
|
|
Africa (total)
|
50
|
94
|
35
|
129
|
Africa (%)
|
73%
|
27%
|
|
Latin American and Caribbean (total)
|
26
|
38
|
36
|
74
|
Latin American and Caribbean (%)
|
51%
|
49%
|
|
Central and Eastern Europe (total)
|
12
|
15
|
15
|
30
|
Central and Eastern Europe (%)
|
50%
|
50%
|
|
GRAND TOTAL FOR ALL REGIONS
|
123
|
215
|
114
|
329
|
GRAND TOTAL (%)
|
65%
|
35%
|
|
Gender distribution within the BRS subsidiary bodies
With respect to the subsidiary bodies of the Conventions, the
Rotterdam Convention’s Chemical Review Committee shows higher female
participation, while the Stockholm Convention’s POPs Review Committee and the Basel
Convention’s Implementation & Compliance Committee shows higher male
participation.
Implementation and Compliance Committee
Gender
|
Female
|
Male
|
ICC 2003-2004
|
3
|
12
|
ICC 2005-2006
|
3
|
12
|
ICC 2009-2011
|
6
|
9
|
ICC 2012-2013
|
8
|
7
|
ICC 2014-2015
|
6
|
9
|
ICC 2016-2017
|
4
|
11
|
ICC 2018-2019
|
4
|
11
|
Grand total
|
34
|
71
|
Grand total (%)
|
32%
|
68%
|
POPs Review Committee
Gender
|
Female
|
Male
|
POPRC-1 to POPRC-3
|
5
|
9
|
POPRC-1 to POPRC-5
|
4
|
13
|
POPRC-4 to POPRC-7
|
5
|
9
|
POPRC-6 to POPRC-9
|
5
|
12
|
(POPRC-8 to POPRC-11)
|
5
|
9
|
(POPRC-10 to POPRC-13)
|
6
|
11
|
Grand total
|
30
|
63
|
Grand total (%)
|
32%
|
68%
|
Chemical Review Committee
Gender
|
Female
|
Male
|
CRC-14
|
4
|
1
|
CRC-13
|
2
|
3
|
CRC-12
|
2
|
3
|
CRC-11
|
2
|
3
|
CRC-10
|
2
|
3
|
CRC-9
|
3
|
2
|
CRC-8
|
3
|
2
|
CRC-7
|
4
|
1
|
CRC-6
|
4
|
1
|
CRC-5
|
1
|
4
|
CRC-4
|
2
|
3
|
CRC-3
|
3
|
2
|
CRC-2
|
3
|
2
|
CRC-1
|
2
|
3
|
Grand total
|
37
|
33
|
Grand total (%)
|
53%
|
47%
|
More information on the IUCN Gender Report can be found here.