Description
EEIGE’s Gender Statistics Database is a centralised point to access gender statistics. It provides a structured guide for statistical evidence on gender equality and key statistics to highlight gaps and inequalities between women and men. It tracks real progress on gender equality and supports evidence-based policymaking. In 2025-2026, the main focus of the Database work is on:
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integrating new indicators from the EU-gender based violence survey into the Gender-based violence entry point in accordance with the Database standards.
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assess the feasibility of implementing an intersectional approach to data on women and men in decision-making. This involves the collection and dissemination of sex-disaggregated data alongside other personal characteristics or identities, such as age, racial or ethnic origin, disability, and others, to better understand how inequalities arise from the interplay of these factors.
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continue the update of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) entry point through a structured plan, addressing indicator gaps and ensuring sustainable regular updates aligned with the Database release calendar. The work also includes enhancement of the entry point by providing a bridge between the BPfA objectives and more up-to-date policy actions/initiatives.
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further activities include the restructuring of the Gender Statistics Database entry points tree with special emphasis on data collection in the security sector by the end of 2025 to monitor gender equality policy developments as well as the production of a statistical analysis of the situation (including developments) of women and men in the security and defence sector by the beginning of 2026.
In addition to statistics analytical briefs, the EIGE's Gender Statistics Database will continue featuring data talks which are analytical briefs that help users digest data in a meaningful manner, and two annual publications on Women and men in decision-making in politics and business.