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EXTRACT « GENDER » SURVEY WITHIN SGRS – 2015
EXTRACT FROM “GENDER” SURVEY WITHIN THE SGRS – 2015| Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Statistics 3. A permanent challenge 4. Testimonies |
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| The resolution 1325 of the UN Security Council emphasizes the importance of active female participation on an equal basis both in preventing and resolving conflicts and in building and maintaining peace. | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 stresses the importance of women’s active and equal participation in conflict prevention and resolution, and in peace-building. | The resolution 1325 of the UN Security Council highlights the importance of active participation of women, under equal conditions, the prevention and resolution of conflicts as well as the building and maintenance of peace. |
| She urges States to urgently promote gender parity in such a way that women can fully participate in efforts to maintain peace and security. | It calls upon member states to take gender equality into account, so that women can fully contribute to efforts aiming at maintaining and fostering peace and security. | She urges Member States to take gender parity into account, so that women participate fully in efforts to maintain and promote security and peace. |
Statistics |
Statistics |
Statistics |
| Distribution of men / women within ADIV: | Men / Women distribution within SGRS: | Men’s distribution / women at SGRS: |
| Evolution of the number of female citizens within ADIV: | Evolution of the number of civilian women within SGRS: | Evolution of the number of civilian women within the SGRS: |
| The first university-level female citizen entered 1992 in service. One must reach the years 90 waiting to see the number of women increase. | The first civilian woman graduated from university was recruited in 1992. Only in the late 1990s did the number of women increase. | The first university civilian woman is recruited in 1992. You have to wait until the end of the years 1990 to see the number of women increase. |
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| No significant difference in the experience of men and women. Oral testimonies confirm that women spend more energy on reconciling professional life with private life. | No differences between men and women, while oral reports indicate more energy devoted to trying to improve work-life balance. | No difference in the experiences of men and women, while oral testimonies mention greater energy allocated by women to reconciling private and professional life. |
| Distribution of statutes: | Distribution by rank: | Distribution by status: |
Women in the intelligence world: one permanent challenge | Women in the intelligence world: permanent challenge | Women in Intelligence: a permanent challenge |
| Statistically, women have always been underrepresented within the two Belgian intelligence services (there are current ones within ADIV 13% women employed) | Statistically, women are still under-represented in both Belgian intelligence agencies (13% of the SGRS personnel are women). | Statistically, women are still under-represented within the two Belgian intelligence services (Today, 13 % to the SGRS). |
| Cause: a belated recruitment within a world that has long been considered masculine. | Reason: late recruitment in an environment that was long considered as a man’s world. | An explanation : late recruitment within a universe that remained for a long time… male. |
| Sexism is not yet an eradicated problem. Despite fewer cases than in the past, cases of discrimination continue to be identified within the intelligence community. | Is sexism still present? Less than it used to be, but instances of discrimination are still occurring in the intelligence agencies. | Is sexism still in effect? ? Less than in the past but some cases of discrimination are still noted in the intelligence services. |
| Today, women are equally respected for their competence and qualities both within the operational domain and in analysis. | Nowadays, women are more equally considered for their competences and qualities, both in operational and analysis tasks. | Today, the women, both in operation and analysis, are more recognized for their skills and qualities. |
| But because of the "gender" problem, women sometimes have to prove their worth even more than men. | Yet, because of the gender bias, women sometimes still have to prove their worth more than men. | But due to sexism, women still have to prove their worth and investment from time to time more than men. |
The integration of women in an intelligence service sometimes involves adopting “masculine behavior”..
| To be integrated in an intelligence agency, women sometimes need to “behave like men”.
| The integration of women into an intelligence service sometimes involves the adoption of “masculine behavior”.
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