European Institute for Gender Equality
European Institute for Gender Equality

Gender Equality Index 2019. Work-life balance

Gender Equality Index 2019. Work-life balance

Gender Equality Index 2019. Online report

EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows that advances in gender equality are still moving at a snail’s pace, but we are heading in the right direction.

Read our Index 2019 report online and use the chapter headings below to navigate your way through the full report.

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Contents

  • Back to toolkit page
  • Foreword
  • Highlights
  • Introduction
  • 1. Gender equality in the European Union: improvements and challenges between 2005 and 2017
    • Still far from the finish line
    • Snail’s-pace progress on gender equality in the EU continues
    • More women in decision-making drives progress
    • Convergence on gender equality in the EU
  • 2. Domain of work
    • Gender equality inching slowly forward in a fast-changing world of work
    • Women dominate part-time employment, consigning them to jobs with poorer career progression
    • Motherhood, low education and migration are particular barriers to work for women
  • 3. Domain of money
    • Patchy progress on gender-equal access to financial and economic resources
    • Paying the price for motherhood
    • Lifetime pay inequalities fall on older women
  • 4. Domain of knowledge
    • Gender equality in education standing still even as women graduates outnumber men graduates
    • Both women and men limit their study fields
    • Adult learning stalls most when reskilling needs are greatest
  • 5. Domain of time
    • Enduring burden of care perpetuates inequalities for women
    • Uneven impact of family life on women and men
  • 6. Domain of power
    • More women in decision-making but still a long way to go
    • Democracy undermined by absence of gender parity in politics
    • More gender equality on corporate boards — but only in a few Member States
    • Limited opportunities for women to influence social and cultural decision-making
  • 7. Domain of health
    • Behavioural change in health is key to tackling gender inequalities
    • Women live longer but in poorer health
    • Lone parents and people with disabilities are still without the health support they need
  • 8. Domain of violence
    • Data gaps mask the true scale of gender-based violence in the EU
    • Backlash against gender equality undermines legal efforts to end violence against women
  • 9. Work-life balance: a thematic focus
    • Conceptual framework
    • Parental-leave policies
    • Informal care of older people, people with disabilities and long-term care services
    • Informal care of children and childcare services
    • Transport and public infrastructure
    • Flexible working arrangements
    • Lifelong learning
  • 10. Conclusions

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