… edition of the Index show gaps among different groups of women and men. Depending on a person’s age, education, … For example, in the Czech Republic, only 9 % of women with disabilities have a tertiary degree, compared to 19 % of women without disabilities and in the Netherlands, 28 % of …
… sectors. This poses a major challenge for the 64 million women and men with low levels of education in Member States. … to people with middle and high levels of education. Women with low qualifications find it especially hard to access jobs with decent pay. Only 42 % of low qualified women are employed and almost half of these work in a …
… and health – and two satellite domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities. It is based on EU policy … highlights the unequal division of unpaid work between women and men in the private sphere, which remains the … violence shows that the context in which violence against women takes place, societal attitudes towards violence and …
… Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union … in its policy document “The Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010” and in the Action Plan of the Commission Strategy for Equality between Women and Men 2010-2015 that followed. To implement these, …