The Gender Equality Index is a tool to measure the progress of gender equality in the EU, developed by EIGE. It gives more visibility to areas that need improvement and ultimately supports policy makers to design more effective gender equality measures.
- 6Core domainswork, money, knowledge, time, power and health
- 2Additional domainsviolence against women and intersecting inequalities
- 31Indicators
- 27EU countries
- 8Years2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Measuring gender equality since 2013
Measuring gender equality is integral to effective policymaking in the EU. Since the first edition in 2013, the Gender Equality Index has tracked and reported progress by providing a comprehensive measure of gender equality, tailored to fit the EU’s policy goals. It reveals both progress and setbacks and explores more effective ways to seize opportunities for change.
Reliable measurement tool
The Gender Equality Index was acknowledged as a reliable measurement tool for gender equality in the European Union, in an audit carried out by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
Intersectional approach
Building on previous editions alongside EIGE’s approach to ensuring intersecting inequalities are captured, the Gender Equality Index 2023 continues to show the diverse realities that different groups of women and men face.
It examines how elements such as disability, age, level of education, country of birth and family type can intersect with gender and create many different kinds of pathways in people's lives.
Thematic focus
The thematic focus for the Index 2023 is gender equality and the socially fair transition of the European Green Deal. The report takes a deep dive into the impacts of the transition towards a low-carbon society from a gender and intersectional perspective , focusing on two key green transition areas: energy and transport.
Acknowledgements
Authors
The authors of the Gender Equality Index 2023 are Davide Barbieri, Carla Bernardo, Eva Liselotte Eldermans, Anita Mezza, Blandine Mollard, Mia Nahrgang, Vytautas Peciukonis, Dr Jolanta Reingardė, Dr Irene Riobóo Lestón, Dr Lina Salanauskaitė and Annabel Wildschut from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
Contributors
The thematic focus benefited greatly from a study prepared by the PPMI research team – Hedvika Janečková, Aistė Vaitkevičiūtė, Anna Ehrhart, Camée Ptak, Mariana Cristina Emídio da Cunha and Hanna Siarova. Dr Miriam Pirra (Fondazione Piemonte Innova), Ulrike Röhr, and Prof Gill Allwood (Nottingham Trent University) provided expert contributions to this study.
Special thanks
EIGE appreciates the very valuable expert advice received from the European Commission – in particular the Gender Equality Unit at the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, and the Directorate-General for Climate, the Directorate-General for Transport, from the Joint Research Center – and from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).
A special thank you goes to the Gender-based violence team at EIGE for their relevant contributions to the report. Many thanks to other colleagues at EIGE for their intellectual insights, administrative support and encouragement.
Our sincere thanks also to Dr Joy Clancy, Emeritus Professor Energy and Gender at the University of Twente, and Dr Annica Kronsell, Professor at the University of Gothenburg, for their comments and suggestions.
Cite this publication
EIGE, (2023). Gender Equality Index 2023. Towards a green transition in transport and energy, Publications Ofce of the European Union.