… Gender Equality Index 2019 Domain of work The domain of work, … a score of 72.0, keeps the third-highest position in the Gender Equality Index. This score spotlights the incremental … positions. Domain of health Gender norms and stereotypes undermine behavioural change, to the detriment of …
… Gender is understood as one of a wide range of factors that … housing, while others can damage it, such as stereotypical gender norms, experiences of gender-based violence or lack of access to and utilisation of …
… of the role of carers within families and society. Through gender stereotyping, domestic and care work (mostly unpaid) … women and men remains a major hurdle to progress on gender equality. Hence, current and future policy initiatives … and home for everyone. They should also aim for a better gender distribution of unpaid care and housework or to …
… policies tackling the changing world of work need to put gender considerations at the heart of responses (ILO, 2019). Existing gender inequalities have to be addressed first and foremost … also drives the gender pay gap, further reinforces genderstereotypes and perpetuates unequal gender power relations in …
… composite measure does not affect the final score of the Gender Equality Index. However, violence against women must … EU had a score of 27.5 (EIGE, 2017b). A high score in the Gender Equality Index means that a country is close to achieving a gender-equal society. However, in the domain of violence, the …
… handshake have in common? They are all examples of gender-discriminatory, even sexist language. They imply that … These expressions reflect unconscious bias and enforce genderstereotypes. To help you use language and images which are …
… The gender pay gap reveals the different realities that women and … a new report published today by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). “Women are using flexible work … up being 37% less than men’s. “We must get rid of genderstereotypes that underpin the pay gap, starting with the …
… her; her or his. Use the third person plural (‘they’). Use gender-neutral pronouns, such as “ze”. Rephrase to omit … article (the) or indefinite article (a). Information about gender and gendered nouns (“female lawyer”) Do not provide … to use in communication materials do not reinforce genderstereotypes. Include a wide mix of people in different …
… feels like it is aimed at all people, not just one gender. When creating a piece of communication material, … consider: Choice of voice-over artist . Consider if the gender of the voice-over is perpetuating stereotypes, such as using only a male voice to impart …
… the images we choose to use. A piece of communication is gender-discriminatory if the people within the images are … you use in your communication material do not reinforce genderstereotypes by including a wide mix of people in …
… are also some words which – despite not having an explicit gender – have strong connotations that are strongly … (and vice versa). If not, then look for a term without gender connotations. Semantic non-equivalence These are … always easy to spot when adjectives are promoting genderstereotypes. The examples in the table below show some words …
… Assigning a gender to an inanimate object by using gendered pronouns to … to characteristics. These connotations are related to genderstereotypes and help to perpetuate them. You should use the …
… do not provide irrelevant information about people’s gender. Doing this supports the stereotype that the ‘normal’ … Instead you should simply use the occupation title with no gender description. Examples Gender-insensitive language The eco-action group chairman …
… pronoun (e.g. he or she), the speaker is assuming the gender of the person they are talking about. Often people use gendered pronouns even when they do not know the gender of the person they are talking about or when talking about a group of people that could be of either gender. This practice perpetuates gender stereotyping by …
… Stereotypes are generalised images about people within a society. A gender stereotype is a preconceived idea where women and men … characteristics and roles determined and limited by their gender. Stereotypes about gender often take one of two forms. …
… the most common stumbling blocks when trying to write in a gender-sensitive manner. It is designed to help you understand the issues which lead to language being gender-discriminatory so that you can recognise … under which much gender-discriminatory language falls: Stereotypes: assigning gender when gender is unknown or …
… organisations have taken to encourage greater use of gender-sensitive language. It is designed to help you … understand the wider picture into which your work fits. Gender equality policies in the EU The European Union (EU) aims to combat stereotypes and to promote gender equality through equal …