In Switzerland, women trust the state less than men
Keystone-SDA
Women in Switzerland distrust public institutions more than men. Although trust is high in an international comparison, the gender gap is particularly high in Switzerland.
+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox
For example, 45% of women have confidence in their ability to participate in politics, compared to 65% of men, the Federal Office for Gender Equality (FOGE) announced on Tuesday. The FOGE commissioned the study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The study analysed institutional trust levels in 30 countries.
According to the study, 26% of women in Switzerland do not participate in any political activity, compared to 17% of men. According to the FOGE, this gender-specific difference is almost twice as large as the average difference in OECD countries. There were also differences in satisfaction with public services.
More
Why people in Switzerland trust the state
Around half of women felt the authorities treated applications for support equally, compared to almost two-thirds of men. Less than half of women also thought that parliament represented the interests of different population groups equally. Among men, six out of ten shared this view.
The study recommended, among other things, that women and girls should be involved in politics earlier and to a greater extent, that their experiences and expectations of public services should be taken into account and that access to administrative procedures should be improved.
According to the study, further improvements are needed in the collection and processing of gender-specific data. According to the FOGE, the results of the study will be incorporated into the further development of the government’s Gender Equality Strategy 2030.
Adapted from German by AI/ts
We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication.
Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select have been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team from news agencies such as Bloomberg or Keystone.
If you have any questions about how we work, write to us at english@swissinfo.ch
