… government ministers in the EU-28 are men [1] . Across the EuropeanParliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, 66 % of senior …
… fear of a negative impact on career [2] . The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working … are afraid of losing their job or being penalised. Source: EuropeanParliament [4] . Footnotes [1] TUC, Still just a bit of …
… less common. However, when surveyed, people in different European countries have been found to have a different … EU-wide survey – Main results, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2014 ( … Romania, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden. [3] EuropeanParliament, Bullying and sexual harassment at the workplace, …
… in a very stereotypical male way [3] . Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner We create predictions about what people … L., ‘Margrethe Vestager: a woman of substance’, The Parliament Magazine, 2019 ( …
… and behaviour contribute to these inequalities. Within the European institutions there is no specific definition of … some does not reach that threshold . Additionally, the European Court of Auditors has found that while the ethical frameworks of the EuropeanParliament, the European Council, the Council of the European …
… after childbirth (Chung and Van der Horst, 2018). The European Commission’s Work–Life Balance Directive (adopted in … (interruption of leisure time to care for children) (EuropeanParliament, 2016). Figure 49. Percentages of employees (aged …
… number of science, engineering and ICT professionals (European Commission, 2014a). A recent estimate suggested that … faced a shortage of some 600 000 ICT specialists in 2018 (European Commission, 2018h). This mismatch between the supply … their legal migration status or discrimination (EuropeanParliament, 2017; FRA, 2018). Platform work seems to …
… sex of rearing (Carpenter, 2016). In February 2019, the EuropeanParliament adopted a resolution on the rights of intersex … States to adopt similar legislation as soon as possible’ (EuropeanParliament, 2019b). Footnotes [1] Individuals who …
… Abdelkader, E. (2017). A Comparative Analysis of European Islamophobia: France, UK, Germany, Netherlands and … EIGE. (2017c). Economic benefits of gender equality in the European Union, Literature review: existing evidence and … EuropeanParliament. (2016). Differences in men’s and women’s work, … EuropeanParliament. (2017). Report on working conditions and …
… equality in the EU labour market. Most notably, the European Pillar of Social Rights was introduced in 2017 to … In 2014, in response to long-standing pay inequality, the European Commission recommended that Member States adopt pay … against women and girls (EIGE, 2020a; EuropeanParliament, 2018b). In line with data collection commitments …
… The first woman President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was elected in … in the EU system. With no woman having previously led the European Council, the European Central Bank or the … to calls to nominate more women candidates. The EuropeanParliament, which has not had a women leader since 2002, …
… a broad plan for the EU economy since 2010, with the European Semester being a key process for coordinating the … and men. The gender perspective is more prominent in the European Pillar of Social Rights, introduced in 2017, the key … who earn less than their partners. [3] EuropeanParliament and Council of the European Union (2019). …
… The European Union is based on the rule of law. This means that … (EIGE, 2016) Gender equality is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in overarching EU legal and policy … [5] EuropeanParliament (2018), Fact Sheets on the European Union: The Treaty of Lisbon, EuropeanParliament, Brussels. Available at: …
… balance for working parents and carers’ [2] , in which the European Commission explicitly encourages funding from the EU … EU Funds to enhance gender equality is championed by the EuropeanParliament, the European Pillar for Social Rights , the …