Women in Austria

Women in Austria
Adele Bloch-Bauer in Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt, 1907
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)3
Women in parliament39.3% (2020) [1]
Women over 25 with secondary education98.9%[M: 99.4%]
Women in labour force55.16% [M: 82.7%]
Gender Inequality Index[2]
Value0.053 (2021)
Rank12th out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[3]
Value0.781 (2022)
Rank21st out of 146

The legal position of women in Austria improved since the middle of the 1970s. With regard to women's rights, the priority in Austria is based on the equal treatment of both genders, rather than having equal rights only. Thus, Austrian women benefit from their government's attempt to compensate for gender-specific inequality of burdens. However, the concept of traditional roles, influenced by Roman Catholicism in Austria, is still prevalent within Austrian society.

  1. ^ "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | Data".
  2. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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