… EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, delivered the Gender Equality Index 2023 results to the FEMM Committee in European … year. There are big variations in gender equality scores between countries - from a good 82 points in Sweden to 56 … most improved, mostly led by increased participation of women in employment in the last 10 years. The Domain of …
… Working women earn on average 13% less than men for doing the same … while shocks to our economy threaten fragile gender equality gains. Lower wages in turn lead to less social … Scheele. In the EU, the unemployment rate for womenbetween the ages of 15-29 rose from 11% in 2019 to 12% in …
… The Gender Equality Index is a tool to measure the progress of gender … compare gender equality progress across various groups of womenandmen in the EU over time and to understand where … of informal childcare, long-term care and housework betweenwomenandmen. …
… of the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact on gender equality, specifically: Impact on employment, unemployment … to gender roles, including the unpaid work distribution betweenwomenandmen due to the closing of childcare facilities. The …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequalities in the labour market. The bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, and this hinders their access to employment. The paid …
… internationally as a strategy towards realising gender equality. It involves the integration of a gender perspective … and spending programmes, with a view to promoting equalitybetweenwomenandmen, and combating discrimination. Further …
… Equality is one of the core values upon which the European Union is founded, andequalitybetweenwomenandmen is one of the Union’s essential aims. To …