Abstract:

Gender equality is important for a sustainable growth in European countries and contributes to states’ welfare. In a Europe that aims to obtain the well-being for all citizens, countries are making sustainable efforts to solve problems raised by gender inequality, gender segregation and gender discrimination in the labor market. Public administration is a sector where women struggled to gain access to a higher power of decision. In Romania, public administration could be considered a feminine field of working, but it is not enough for women to hold positions from executive level. In order to have power and to play a role in an administrative reform, women must be well represented on high management positions in public institutions. For the present research an exploratory study has been conducted, using secondary data analysis, in order to observe the evolution of women in decision-making positions from Central Public Administration institutions. The data has been collected from the National Agency of Civil Servants and from the European Institute for Gender Equality. The gender equality problem was approached by analyzing the evolution of the number of women in leading positions and their proportion on the whole number of senior civil servants. The study has revealed that women’s access on positions with power of decision in central administration institutions has been guaranteed and from this point of view, in this sector, women did not face discrimination. Another aspect revealed by the present study was that a form of gender equality in the central government of Romania has been reached and women now have the opportunity to take part to the most important decisions and administrative problems and are in the right place where they can try to reform the system.