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This bill which aims to rebalance in terms of gender the composition of the components of constitutional bodies, controlled and non-controlled companies and independent authorities is part of a logic of quotas
. Many argue that quotas could undermine the talent and merit of women that should be recruited for merit and not for gender. But this criticism is absolutely unfounded because the quotas have precisely the function of re-balancing ex post barriers and penalties that are generated ex ante ". This was stated by
Commissioner Agcom Elisa Giomi,
Professor of Sociology of the Media, in the Senate hearing - Constitutional Affairs Commission on the Bill 'Gender balance in public offices'.
"I quote the data - he added - In Italy 64.5% of women, in 2020, have a diploma, 5 percentage points more than men; women are also graduates in 22.6% of cases against 16% of In the face of this asymmetry in favor of women in the labor market, the employment rate of female labor in Italy, still 2020 data, is 48.4% against 66.6% for men. So the world of work is not responding to men and women alike despite female training. The wage differences further tell us about this gap: in Italy in the private sector there is a wage inequality of 12%, 3000 euros per year, and it also has to do with the lack of of career progression of women.In European countries that have introduced a quota policy there is an equal representation of women in institutions and companies ". For Giomi, this bill" does not respond only to a principle of justice but is also effective from an operational point of view ".