2021 National Civil Service Recruitment Gender Discrimination Report

On October 15, 2021, registration for the 2022 National Civil Service Examination (hereinafter referred to as the National Examination) will begin. On this occasion, the "2021 National Civil Service Examination Report on Gender Discrimination" (hereinafter referred to as the "2021 National Examination Report") was released. Report download link: https://maiimg.com/free/?e=dwfuazG1OShzo6

The "2021 National Examination Report" uses the 13,172 positions recruited in the 2021 National Civil Service Examination as the basic data to analyze the gender discrimination in the national examination.

Key findings of the report are:

(1) After excluding the positions allocated according to the gender ratio of 1:1, the number of positions favoring men in the national examination (2130) is eight times that of positions favoring women (266);

(2) Gender discrimination is the most serious in national administrative organs at and below the provincial level, with more than 40% of jobs preferring men, accounting for 42.57%;

(3) There are gender restrictions in all provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities directly under the Central Government, with the highest proportion being nearly 80% (79.87%);

(4) Terms such as "suitable for men", "preferred for men" and "restricted for men" appear in the recruitment conditions of the national examination, which actually excludes the possibility of women applying for the examination.

The main reasons for the existence of these problems are that my country’s laws, regulations and policies lack specific supervision and complaint mechanisms, the gender awareness of government officials related to the national examination is insufficient, and the social level does not pay enough attention to this issue.

The main contents of the report are as follows.

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The number of positions favored by men in the national examination is eight times that of women

In 2021, the total number of positions recruited by the national examination is 13,172, and there are 6,232 positions with gender restrictions, accounting for 47.31%. Among them, 3,836 positions are allocated according to a 1:1 gender ratio. Considering that this move may exacerbate gender inequality, this part of the data will be removed from the analysis of the report.

After excluding the number of positions allocated by the 1:1 gender ratio, the number of positions recruited by the national examination in 2021 will be 9,336, of which 2,130 positions are preferred to men, accounting for 22.81%; 266 positions are preferred to women, accounting for 2.85% of the total , the former is eight times the latter.

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Gender discrimination in state organs at and below the provincial level is the most serious

Over 40% of jobs prefer men

The national examination can be divided into four categories according to the nature of the recruiting unit: 1. Central party and mass organizations; 2. Central state administrative organs at the same level; 3. Provincial and below institutions directly under the central state administrative organs (hereinafter referred to as provincial and below countries) 4. The central state administrative organ manages public institutions (hereinafter referred to as public institutions) with reference to the Civil Service Law.

Among these four types of recruiting units, gender discrimination in state agencies at and below the provincial level is the most serious. More than 40% of the positions prefer men , accounting for 42.57%; followed by public institutions, the proportion of men preferring positions is 23.46%.

Among state agencies at the provincial level and below, 3,836 positions in the State Administration of Taxation system are recruited according to a 1:1 male to female ratio. These positions are concentrated in literature, history and social science majors, such as finance, accounting and auditing. In literature, history and social science majors, there are more female graduates than male graduates.

After the release of the 2021 national examination job list, the Huatu National Civil Service Examination website shows the real-time number of applicants for each position. According to monitoring, the number of applicants for positions that prefer women is far more than that for positions that prefer men. Take the registration situation of the three taxation bureaus in Chongqing as an example: Chongqing Fuling District Taxation Bureau, Chongqing Wanzhou District Taxation Bureau and Chongqing Nan'an District Taxation Bureau have positions of "first-level chief staff member and below", all of which are based on a 1:1 gender ratio Assign jobs. On October 24, 2020, Huatu.com showed that there were 75, 79, and 63 men who applied for the three tax bureaus, and 132, 131, and 117 women who applied for the exam. In this context, women are under more competitive pressure than men.

The 1:1 ratio of men and women to assign jobs is formal equality, not substantive equality.

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Gender restrictions exist in all provinces / autonomous regions / municipalities across the country

In the 2021 national examination recruitment, gender discrimination exists in 31 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities across the country. Among them, 16 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities directly under the Central Government have a gender-restricted ratio exceeding 50%. If all the positions that prefer men and women are included, the proportion of gender-restricted positions in each province/autonomous region/municipality is as low as 20% (17.42%) and as high as 80% (79.87%).

In the recruitment of national examinations, all positions that prefer men and women are included, and the positions are sorted by the severity of gender restrictions. The top three are Chongqing, Hunan and Gansu, accounting for 79.87%, 78.57% and 74.78% respectively. %.

Considering the proportion of jobs preferred to men, the top three provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities with the most serious gender discrimination are Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Gansu, accounting for 46.03%, 42.61% and 40.68% respectively.

Comprehensive consideration, among the 31 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities in the country, Tibet and Inner Mongolia have the most serious gender discrimination in the national examination.

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2017-2021 national examination recruited

Gender Discrimination Status and Changes

Comparing the gender discrimination in the national examination in 2017 and 2021, the number of gender-restricted jobs in 2021 is 40% higher than that in 2017.

For ten consecutive years since 2010, there have been jobs that favor men in the recruitment of national examinations. During the five years from 2017 to 2021, the national examinations favored men's positions more than one-tenth of the total.

In terms of proportion, sex discrimination is the most serious in 2021, with 36.88% of the jobs favoring men; in terms of quantity, sex discrimination is the most serious in 2018, with 2,174 jobs favoring men.

Since 2020, the recruitment of national examinations has begun to show preference for female positions. In 2020 and 2021, the number of jobs that prefer women are 146 and 266, accounting for 1.45% and 2.02% of the total respectively; the number of jobs that prefer men are 2130 and 1596, accounting for 16.17% and 15.89% of the total respectively.

Paradoxically, the reasons for preferring women to apply for the exam also appear in jobs that prefer men. For example, the reason why the customs system prefers women to apply for the exam is "the daily work is cumbersome", and the Yangtze River Navigation Bureau "works on board", "works a lot of overtime", and "difficult conditions". , the reasons for preferring male recruitment are the same.

The appearance of positions that favor women in the national examination does not mean that the situation of gender discrimination has improved. Discrimination will always exist if people are treated differently based on gender regardless of ability.

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Summary and Recommendations

The 2021 national examination recruitment presents the following problems: 1. Gender discrimination in the national examination has existed for a long time; 2. The supervision system is lacking; 3. Existing laws and regulations are difficult to protect the rights and interests of women; 4. Government staff lack gender awareness.

Based on this, the "2021 National Examination Report" puts forward four suggestions: 1. Explicitly prohibit gender discrimination in recruitment; 2. Establish supervision and complaint mechanisms, and formulate specific implementation regulations; 3. Adjust the scope of taboo labor for female employees; 4. Enhance gender awareness among government workers.

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(This article is reproduced from the WeChat public account "Sencha Group")