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Gender mainstreaming is an integral part of the process of building a democratic society, including in the political sphere. In order to draw conclusions about gender equality in the political sphere, it is necessary to constantly investigate the current situation. An indicator of gender equality in the political sphere is the representation of women and men in the governmental institutions. Therefore, there is a need to analyse the gender structure of central and local authorities in the European Union. The aim of the paper is to analyse the representation of women and men in elected authorities and governments of the European Union and Ukraine. The author explored the participation of men and women in the European Parliament, national parliaments of European countries, national governmental authorities, regional and local parliaments of the EU and Ukraine. The gender structures of different authorities were compared. The countries with gender equality in the political sphere and the countries with the largest imbalances were identified. The author analysed the factors that contributed to the establishment of equality in countries with indicators as close as possible to gender balance (Scandinavian countries). Among such factors the most interesting are: emancipation of women; high level of social development; institutional factors and legislation as incentives. A comparison of the gender structures of the central executive and legislative bodies and local councils of Ukraine and Poland was made.
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