Staff & IOM
History & Facts
100

What is the percentage of female staff in IOM globally?

Today, 46.2% of IOM staff are women

100

Where and when was the earliest Women's Day observance? (City and Year)

February 28, 1909 in New York City

200

In what year was IOM's first gender policy adopted?

1995

200

Every year, International Women´s Day has a theme: What is it for 2020?

"I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights"

300

Who are our longest female serving colleagues at IOM CO and RO Vienna?

RO Vienna: Ewa EMROVIC

CO Vienna: Andrea GÖTZELMANN-ROSADO

300

According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2020 how many years will it take to achieve worldwide gender parity?

100 years

400

Which IOM Region or administrative unit has the lowest and highest percentage of female IOM staff?

Lowest: East and Horn of Africa: 34.0%
Highest: HQ: 60.0 % 

FYI:
SEEECA: 50.5%
European Economic Area: 53.5%

400

Which country has the highest percentage of women in parliament?

Rwanda: 61% is female.

500

How many projects, out of 1,012 IOM activated projects were considered relevant to gender equality and thus marked using the IOM Gender Marker?

854 projects (84%) of which:

  • 50 (6%) had an objective directly targeting a gender issue;
  • 403 (47%) were not directly targeting a gender issue, but gender considerations were included in needs, outputs and activities;
  • 300 (35%) included gender considerations in needs, outputs and/or activities, but not all three; and
  • 101 (12%) included no gender considerations.
500

True or false: The global share of female migrants has declined in the past 30 years.

True:
1990: 49.0 % --> 1995: 49.2% -->2000: 49.1% --> 2005: 48.8% --> 2010: 48.3% --> 2015: 48.25 -->2019: 47.9%


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