… Members of the European Parliament, dear guests, Thank you for inviting EIGE- the European Institute for Gender Equality … we mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) – a milestone in the worldwide … a comprehensive roadmap for equal rights between womenandmen. That same year, in 1995, the European Council …
… Main findings The Gender Equality Index score for the EU is 68.0 points out of 100 [1] . This is an … degrees, both overall and in the extent to which womenandmen are relatively affected, greater divergence on gender … men. Both reflect the negative influence of gender rolesand stereotypes on women’s participation in the labour …
… 2010, progress has been slow and uneven. Women account for only one in three members of EU national parliaments. … women in decision-making positions. These include gender rolesand stereotypes, the heavy burden of housework and care … of political equity, and the benefit was greater formen (WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2020). In addition, Van …
… The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help … handbook shows how organisations can ensure womenandmen employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled. The content … women continue to be under-represented in senior roles, paid less than menand disproportionately subject to …
… long-term care will increase, given the ageing population and increasing life expectancy across the EU (EIGE, 2020e; … a wide range of general technologies that can be converted for use by elderly people, for example Alexa and Siri (Piau … they spend fewer years living in good health than men, and are more likely to develop health problems and live …
… on average, women’s gross hourly pay was 14.8 % lower than men’s (Eurostat, 2020). The pay gap stems from a combination … to the labour market (Barzilay and Ben-David, 2016). For instance, using gender-blind algorithms has the potential … work schemes that would allow women to assume dual roles as employees and caregivers (Barzilay and Ben-David, …
… Digital skills have increasingly become a basis for global competitiveness, boosting jobs and growth. Digital societies require digital competencies if … Cyprus and Bulgaria) show women scoring higher than men on internet user skills. The biggest gender gaps (to …