… rates of mental health problems among girls and young women may be related to permanent concerns over physical … social media use. The ‘beauty myth’, by which girls and women are subjected to unachievable standards of beauty, … girls, with social media playing an intermediary role (Tiggemann and Slater, 2013, 2014). Footnotes [1] HBSC …
… conventional vision of the male provider can affect men’s sense of self-esteem (Gough and Novikova, 2020). Reducing … Men are less likely to seek help for mental health than women [1] . Young men are among the least likely to ask for … Health Interview Survey (EHIS) data indicates that women turn to mental healthcare professionals more often than …
… addressed. Understanding how poor mental health affects women and men, and the role that gender norms and relations play in shaping it, can … slightly more than it does men. The difference in women’s mental well-being index score between the lowest and …
… status of a population (Johnson et al., 2020). On average, women in the EU are expected to live until 84 years of age, … et al., 2017), as well as the different societal roles of women and men (Hoffmann et al., 2018). Men’s lower life expectancy reflects their thinking on …
… self-assessed health or self-perceived health) is a person’s subjective evaluation of their current health status (Lorem et al., 2017). Overall, women tend to report worse health than men (Nesson and … such as pension and wage policies play an important role (Paul Leigh et al., 2019). They are particularly …
… of the ICPD in Cairo and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995), governments and advocates have … but also of men and families (Starrs et al., 2018). Men’s reproductive health issues include male factor infertility, … men’s risk-taking behaviour can play an important role in preventing the spread of chlamydia. A study of young …
… healthcare (both preventive and curative) plays a critical role in maintaining good health. It is considered an … different everyday life activities [1] . The respondents, women and men alike, ranked health services as the most … reasons (Wang et al., 2013). The fact that women’s greater familiarity with the health and social services …
… cause of poor health in the EU, with varying impacts on women and men. Exposure and vulnerability to NCDs is shaped … Men are more likely to perceive their health as good Women are more likely to have health limitations over their … The main causes of premature mortality are gendered Women report poorer mental well-being than men Gender …
… While violence affects all women, some groups face a higher risk (EIGE, 2020a). The 2019 … also showed that disability substantially increases women’s vulnerability to violence, especially from a close or … silence women and discourage them from taking a prominent role in public life. For example, about 4 out of 10 …
… The lack of women’s presence in decision-making bodies established globally to … calls for this to be redressed (WHO, 2020g). Although women make up 70 % of health professionals and 80 % of health …
… and other chronic conditions [1] . About 91 % of women with children spend at least an hour per day on … children. The latest available data shows that employed women spend about 2.3 hours daily on housework; for employed … within families [2] . Research shows that the parental role model is the primary mechanism for entrenching gender …
… unpaid care during the COVID-19 crisis – particularly by women – has put a spotlight on long-standing gender … different degrees, both overall and in the extent to which women and men are relatively affected, greater divergence on … influence of gender roles and stereotypes on women’s participation in the labour market, and thus on their …
… to two important conclusions: challenges affecting people’s health relate to their social and economic situation and … outcomes. As reasons for unequal health outcomes between women and men vary, this chapter examines the role of social constructs, including masculinity and …
… all domains since 2010, progress has been slow and uneven. Women account for only one in three members of EU national parliaments. Women remain substantially under-represented in corporate … 1 in 10 board presidents or CEOs are women. Despite women’s growing involvement in research funding, media content and …
… has knock-on effects on many other aspects of a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care … regarded as a determinant of health. Policies promoting women’s participation in the labour force and easing their … work–life conflicts affect mental health. Although more women than ever before are now actively part of the labour …
… 11:40 How can we put gender equality at the core of Europe’s Covid-19 recovery? During this panel, we will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different groups of women and men, and discuss how we can make the most of the … EU Commissioner for Equality since December 2019. Her role is to deliver on the Union of Equality chapter within …