The Gender Equality Index 2023 presents the EU in relation to gender equality amid crises and uncertainties. In recent years, the world has been hit by repeated shocks and multiple crises. What remains constant is the fact that when crisis strikes, women and girls suffer disproportionally. The crises and shocks continuously threaten to create new challenges and reverse years of...
This technical report presents the methodological details of the survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities carried out by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in 2022. The survey findings will be published in the Gender Equality Index 2023, the policy brief Bridging the gender care gap to achieve work–life balance for all and EIGE’s...
In January 2017, EIGE took over the database on women and men in decision-making (WMID) , which was previously managed by the European Commission. The WMID database had been launched in 2003 to monitor the numbers of men and women in key decision-making positions to provide reliable statistics that can be used to draw comparisons between European countries and analyse...
The Gender Equality Index of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is the main tool to monitor and measure progress in achieving gender equality in the European Union. Since 2016, with EIGE’s support, the Gender Equality Index has been gradually introduced among the EU candidate countries and potential candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia)...
In 2019, the European Commission adopted the European Green Deal, a growth strategy with the overarching goal to make Europe climate neutral by 2050 and transform the EU into an equitable and prosperous society where no one is left behind. In 2020, the European Commission adopted the EU gender equality strategy presenting policy objectives and initiatives to make significant progress...
Care is a fundamental aspect of our lives, as everyone will either require or provide care at some point. Gender inequalities in informal care and its implications for carers and the labour market is of major concern in the EU. Drawing on the 2022 EIGE's first EU-wide Survey of Gender Gaps in Unpaid Care, Individual and Social Activities, this brief...
Economic violence is a common form of violence against women statistically defined as ‘any act or behaviour which causes economic harm to an individual’. Economic violence is rooted in gender inequality and reinforced by traditional gender norms.
Psychological violence is a common form of gender-based violence that includes any intentional course of conduct that seriously impairs another person’s psychological integrity through coercion or threats.
This statistical brief presents key findings on women's and men’s representation in decision-making positions in the security sector of the European Union (EU).
This report outlines the approach and methodology used in the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 2021 data collection on institutional mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming.
Platform work together with other new forms of employment are gaining ground in the European labour market. Although the share of women platform workers has been rising in recent years, they remain under-represented in platform work. Women are more likely to engage in platform work to gain an additional income and to have flexibility with the specific aim of combining...
The persistent gender imbalance among key decision-makers in large corporations and financial institutions remains a cause for concern. EU institutions recently agreed on a directive aimed at increasing the number of women on corporate boards by requiring Member States to ensure that companies listed on stock exchanges have at least 40 % of the under-represented gender among non-executive directors or...
