The General Council of the Judiciary has the mission of renewing dozens of senior judicial positions. Seats in the Supreme Court, higher courts and government bodies where men predominate despite the fact that, in general terms, in Spain there are more female judges than male judges. The Equality Commission of the governing body of the judges has just approved a report in which it explains that, to comply with national parity regulations, at least two of the four presidencies of the Supreme Court pending renewal must be awarded to women so that, for the first time, the composition of one of the highest echelons of the judicial pyramid is equal.
Official data reflect that, for more than five yearsthe judiciary has more female judges than male judges: 57.2% women and 42.8% men among the total of 5,416 judges. But these same data reflect that the female majority is diluted when the positions of responsibility are distributed until reaching the Supreme Court, where there are 45 men and 12 women, where all the presidencies of its five chambers are in the hands of men and whose Government Chamber It has two women compared to eight men.
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