MALE AND FEMALE SPEAKERS

The Assembly can support the participation of women in the broader defence world through the choice of guest speakers it invites to its meetings. Quality is naturally the primary criterion for selecting these experts, but more female speakers could be invited with equivalent levels of expertise.

The data below looks at the male to female ratio of speakers at NATO PA meetings (seminars and sessions) over the past six years. It focuses on independent experts only, as the Assembly has little or no leverage over the choice (and gender) of official speakers. The massive disruption of the Assembly’s programme of work, leading to a 83% drop in independent speakers, makes comparing 2020 to previous years difficult. Nevertheless, the share of women speakers was remarkably high at 54.5%.