United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women NGO Shadow Report Complementing the Seventh and Eighth Country Report of the Austrian Government to the CEDAW Committee Frauen:Rechte jetzt! NGO Forum for the implementation of CEDAW in Austria (Ed.) www.frauenrechte-jetzt.at Vienna, May 2012 Published by: Frauen:Rechte jetzt! NGO Forum for the implementation of CEDAW in Austria (Ed.) www.frauenrechte-jetzt.at Contact information: [email protected] May 2012 This report received financial support from: Austrian Federal Chancellery - Federal Minister for Women and the Civil Service Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 5 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 5 Article 2 CEDAW - Policy measures for the elimination of discrimination ..................................... 6 a. General policy measures............................................................................................................ 6 b. Gender Budgeting....................................................................................................................... 8 Article 3 CEDAW - Guarantee of Basic Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Women .. 9 a. Domestic violence against women ............................................................................................. 9 b. Development cooperation......................................................................................................... 11 c. UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women and Peace and Security ............................ 12 Article 4 CEDAW - Temporary special measures............................................................................. 14 a. Quota debates and appointment procedures ........................................................................... 14 b. Media coverage and gender equality policies .......................................................................... 14 c. Name designation and equal treatment objectives .................................................................. 15 Article 5 CEDAW - Stereotypes.......................................................................................................... 16 a. Sexist depiction of women in advertisement and the media .................................................... 16 Article 6 CEDAW - Trafficking in women and sex work .................................................................. 17 a. Trafficking in women................................................................................................................. 17 b. Sex work ................................................................................................................................... 18 Article 9 CEDAW – Rights of migrant women .................................................................................. 19 a. Migrant women, residence and social affairs ........................................................................... 20 b. Migrant women and health ....................................................................................................... 20 c. Migrant women, education and work........................................................................................ 21 d. Migrant women and poverty ..................................................................................................... 22 e. Migrant women and violence.................................................................................................... 22 Article 10 CEDAW - Education ........................................................................................................... 25 a. Gender stereotypes in education.............................................................................................. 26 b. Adult education and women ..................................................................................................... 26 c. The situation of women at Austrian universities ....................................................................... 27 Article 11 CEDAW - Labour Market.................................................................................................... 31 a. Right to work and to the same employment opportunities (Article 11 (1) letters a and b CEDAW) ................................................................................................................................... 31 b. Right to free choice of profession and employment (Article 11 (1) letter c CEDAW)............... 33 c. Right to equal remuneration (Article 11 (1) letter d CEDAW)................................................... 34 d. Social measures and child care (Article 11 (2) letter c CEDAW) ............................................. 34 e. Migrant women’s labour market situation and social inclusion................................................. 35 f. Right to social security (Art. 11 (1) letter e CEDAW)................................................................ 38 Article 12 CEDAW – Health................................................................................................................. 40 a. Female health situation in Austria ............................................................................................ 40 b. Violence against women and the health care system .............................................................. 41 Article 14 CEDAW – Rural women ..................................................................................................... 43 a. Agriculture and rural development............................................................................................ 43 b. Development cooperation......................................................................................................... 46 Article 15 CEDAW – Equality before the law .................................................................................... 47 a. Civil proceedings ...................................................................................................................... 47 b. Access to divorce/separation for migrant women..................................................................... 49 Article 16 CEDAW – Marriage and family life.................................................................................... 50 3 a. Joint custody and child well-being ............................................................................................ 50 Implementation of rights for lesbian, bisexual and trans* women................................................. 52 a. Article 2 letter f CEDAW ........................................................................................................... 52 b. Article 3 and Article 5 (1) letter a CEDAW................................................................................ 53 c. Article 10 letter c CEDAW......................................................................................................... 53 d. Article 12 (1) CEDAW ............................................................................................................... 53 e. Article 16 (1) letter a CEDAW................................................................................................... 54 f. Article 16 (1) letters d and f CEDAW ........................................................................................ 54 g. Article 16 (1) letter g CEDAW................................................................................................... 54 Implementation of rights for women with disabilities ..................................................................... 55 Annex 1: List of authors and contact information ........................................................................... 58 Annex 2: Figures ................................................................................................................................. 61 Figure 1: Teaching staff at public universities (1975/1976 - 2009/2010) .......................................... 61 Figure 2: Glass ceiling index at public universities (2006-2009) ....................................................... 61 Figure 3: Representation of women, by university (2009)................................................................ 62 Figure 4: Increase in the share of women among teaching staff at universities (2006-2009) .......... 62 4 Introduction This shadow report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is a joint initiative of Austrian NGOs and individual experts complementing the Seventh and Eighth Periodic Austrian Country Report to the CEDAW Committee. The report covers the period from 2006 to 2011. The report has been written in German; the English version is a translation of the original report. Contributions have been initiated and collected by Frauen:Rechte jetzt! NGO-Forum CEDAW in Österreich (engl. Women’s:Rights now! NGO Forum for the implementation of CEDAW in Austria). The following organisations are part of Frauen:Rechte jetzt! (listed in alphabetical order): Austrian Platform for Single Parents; Austrian Women Lawyers Association; Austrian Women’s Shelter Network; Domestic Abuse Intervention Centre Vienna; European Women’s Union; International Alliance of Women; LEFÖ – Counselling, Education and Support for