Vienna: Only Female-Dominated State Government in Austria
Whether with or without the mayor or with or without executive city councilors, every count shows that the larger part is female. Everywhere else, men are in the majority. Lower Austria, Burgenland, and Carinthia are still relatively balanced.
As for the executive city councilors, five of the seven in Vienna are female. Apart from Peter Hacker and Jürgen Czernohorszky (both SPÖ), only women were nominated. In the past period, the ratio was different for a long time, as the former education city councilor Christoph Wiederkehr was only replaced late by Bettina Emmerling (both NEOS). The finance department was occupied by men throughout the entire period. Now, with Barbara Novak (SPÖ), a woman has moved in. The mayor, Michael Ludwig (SPÖ), is not formally part of the city senate.
In addition, there are a total of six non-executive city councilors. Here, three women and three men were nominated. The FPÖ sends two male representatives and one female city councilor, the Greens have one man and one woman, and the ÖVP has chosen a woman. So, if you count classically including the mayor, the government is made up of eight women and six men. The proportion of women is thus 57 percent. Without Ludwig, it would even be 61.5 percent.
Vienna's state government as the only female-dominated
The state governments in Lower Austria with 44 percent (four women, five men), in Burgenland with 40 percent (two female, three male), and in Carinthia with 43 percent (three female, four male) are almost gender-balanced.
There are three female state councilors each in eight-member governments in Tyrol and Styria (37.5 percent female share). In Salzburg, there are currently only two women in the seven-member government, but this will increase to 43 percent with the mid-year change of the governor from Wilfried Haslauer to Karoline Edtstadler (both ÖVP). There are only two female state councilors in the black-blue governed Vorarlberg, resulting in a female quota of 28.5 percent. The last place is Upper Austria with only two women in a nine-member state government. The proportion of female members is thus 22 percent.
Nationwide 39 percent women
Across all state governments, according to APA count, there is a female share of 39.2 percent. That of the NEOS is 100 percent, which is probably also because the party only has one corresponding position, namely in Vienna. The four Green state council seats are evenly distributed between men and women.
Regarding the three larger parties, the SPÖ has the highest proportion of female government members at 45.5 percent. This is followed by the ÖVP with 40 percent. The Freedom Party is the clear last in terms of female share. Only four of the 17 positions occupied by the FPÖ in state governments are held by women. The quota is thus less than a quarter, specifically 23.5 percent.
(APA/Red)
This article has been automatically translated, read the original article here.