… Although health was designated the thematic focus of the Gender Equality Index 2021 prior to the pandemic, COVID-19 … outcomes. This focus aims to bring together evidence on gender inequalities as a determinant of health and to explore … social constructs, including masculinity and work–family roles. The focus also touches upon other broad causes of …
… How individuals spend their time is a fundamental aspect of gender equality. The amount of time spent in paid work, rest … of parental leave entitlements – link to lower levels of gender inequality in health (Palència et al., 2017). As … are now actively part of the labour force, unequal genderroles persist at home. Even in dual-earning households, it is …
… The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) [1] is organising a call for … envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. To achieve its goals, the Institute collects … appropriate methodological tools for the integration of gender equality into all EU policies. It fosters the exchange …
… to 10 June 2021 at 13:30 EET. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)[1] is organising a call for … appropriate methodological tools for the integration of gender equality into all EU policies. It fosters the exchange … In the course of its work to promote and strengthen gender equality, EIGE supports policy-makers with high …
… including trainers (as knowledge carriers) and women with gender expertise in specific topics in the core team. The … in this politically sensitive process. Secondly, trained gender-competent specialists should be included in the … and creating women’s alliances for the advancement of gender equality and women in politics. Sustainability of the …
… Since 2005, a Regional Coordination Board on Gender Equality has been in place in the Western Balkans, … to join shortly. The Declaration on Collaboration of Gender Institutional Mechanisms of the Western Balkans (the … in July 2014 when a Joint Statement on Collaboration of Gender Institutional Mechanisms from the Western Balkan …
… diversity and took several measures to officially support gender balance, the promotion gap between women and men … see p. 18). Encourage women to apply for more senior roles. If certain selection criteria are optional, this … their unconscious biases and sexist behaviour. Workplace expectations may be different to when they first joined. …
… Definition: gender stereotypes Preconceived ideas whereby females and males are arbitrarily assigned characteristics and roles determined and limited by their gender. Source: EIGE … independence and leadership ability . Although societal expectations around how women and men should behave have …
… can hold employees back and channel them into the wrong roles. Women may be shut out of senior positions or diverted … a waste of human resources. Sexism harms employees Sexist expectations and behaviour have been shown to negatively … harassment [3][4] . Less than half of EU citizens believe gender equality has been achieved at work. Source: …
… by such care. This positive effect is highly relevant to gender equality, as women are the majority of caregivers, … 2016). Forthcoming EIGE research highlights that the gender care gap is the ‘missing link’ in analysis of the gender pay gap and gender inequalities in the labour market …
… recent policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In 2018, on average, women’s gross … work schemes that would allow women to assume dual roles as employees and caregivers (Barzilay and Ben-David, … lower propensity to negotiate salary, alongside gendered expectations about remuneration (among both workers and …
… equality between women and men in the labour market. The Gender Equality Index 2019 showed that work–life balance challenges are closely linked to gender inequalities, and that flexible working arrangements … for women, for reasons such as conflicting gender-role expectations arising from working in a male-dominated …
… Gender differences in digital skills and use of digital … out, particularly among young people. However, the lack of gender diversity in the workforce likely to invent, design, … and men to the development of digital technologies and the gender dynamics at play in that sector: the gender make-up of …
… in many ways, for example if the relationship between gender and technology is viewed as mutually constitutive: … contexts, their design and meaning are created within gender relations and thus reflect pre-existing gender inequalities. On the other hand, by offering different …
… risk of abuse, compared with older men (Saripapa, 2019). Gender is a risk factor for victims of elderly abuse not only … violence than those who fitted with societal expectations. This included not only transgender individuals … ‘normalise’ them and align them with the assigned genderroles and sex of rearing (Carpenter, 2016). In February 2019, …