Social attributes and opportunities associated with being female and male and to the relationships between women and men and girls and boys, as well as to the relations between women and those between men.
… relevant to analyse and monitor convergence as regards gender equality. This chapter provides the first attempt to analyse the degree of convergence on gender equality in the EU between 2005 and 2017. Convergence … time. Therefore, the analysis conducted shows whether the Gender Equality Index scores of the Members States are moving …
… The power domain has seen the biggest advances in gender equality but remains the most gender unequal in the Index. The EU score for this domain … the same period (see Table 1). Table 1: Changes in the Gender Equality Index and domain scores by Member State, …
… While the Gender Equality Index score for the EU rose from 66.2 points … year. Nearly all Member States saw some progress towards gender equality between 2015 and 2017, with scores in 16 … Figure 4). Figure 4: Changes in Member State scores in the Gender Equality Index, 2005-2017 and 2015-2017 While Italy …
… The Gender Equality Index score of 67.4 points out of 100 for the … their top-two status between 2005 and 2017. Figure 1: Gender Equality Index scores, 2005-2017 While Greece and … States scored lower than 60 points in 2017. Figure 2: Gender Equality Index scores for EU Member States, 2005, 2015 …
… the time is ripe to take stock of progress and consolidate gender equality priorities for the years ahead. The European Union (EU) cannot afford to stall now. Gender equality must be placed at the heart of the next … to foster a more inclusive and cohesive EU. EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows that advances in gender equality …
… This fourth edition of the Gender Equality Index comes at a turbulent time when gender equality and those promoting it are facing increasing … challenges to protect this core value of the EU. Measuring gender equality is integral to effective policymaking in the …
… Gender Equality Index 2019 Domain of work The domain of work, … a score of 72.0, keeps the third-highest position in the Gender Equality Index. This score spotlights the incremental … level of effectiveness of measures undertaken to reduce gender segregation and other gender inequalities in …
… composite measure does not affect the final score of the Gender Equality Index. However, violence against women must … EU had a score of 27.5 (EIGE, 2017b). A high score in the Gender Equality Index means that a country is close to achieving a gender-equal society. However, in the domain of violence, the …
… Gender is understood as one of a wide range of factors that … housing, while others can damage it, such as stereotypical gender norms, experiences of gender-based violence or lack of access to and utilisation of …
… at all territorial levels often fails to reflect the gender diversity of the population they represent, with women … body of research on the performance benefits of gender-balanced decision-making, corporate boards also remain … this though in 2012 with a proposed directive to improve gender balance among non-executive directors of listed …
… of the role of carers within families and society. Through gender stereotyping, domestic and care work (mostly unpaid) … women and men remains a major hurdle to progress on gender equality. Hence, current and future policy initiatives … and home for everyone. They should also aim for a better gender distribution of unpaid care and housework or to …
… Education is a powerful driver of more gender-equal and inclusive societies. Equal access to … against women’s rights (European Parliament, 2019). The Gender Equality Index for the domain of knowledge reveals how … overall positive development is being held back by strong gender segregation and low engagement in lifelong learning. …
… capital and the poorest (OECD, 2017). Despite progress on gender equality, inequalities between women and men in this … receive disproportionately lower earnings than men. The EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16 % (European Commission, 2018c). The pay gender gap rises to 40 % when employment rates and overall …
… policies tackling the changing world of work need to put gender considerations at the heart of responses (ILO, 2019). Existing gender inequalities have to be addressed first and foremost to ensure gender injustice is not perpetuated and to improve the lives …
… her; her or his. Use the third person plural (‘they’). Use gender-neutral pronouns, such as “ze”. Rephrase to omit … article (the) or indefinite article (a). Information about gender and gendered nouns (“female lawyer”) Do not provide irrelevant information about people’s gender. Avoid using gendered nouns. Use gender-neutral …
… measures in companies do not tend to be assessed from a gender perspective, and are not always linked to specific gender-equality objectives. This is particularly the case when national legislation does not require gender-equality planning or monitoring of gender-equality …