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… While the Gender Equality Index score for the EU rose from 66.2 points in 2015 … year. Nearly all Member States saw some progress towards gender equality between 2015 and 2017, with scores in 16 …

… The Gender Equality Index score of 67.4 points out of 100 for the EU in … their top-two status between 2005 and 2017. Figure 1: Gender Equality Index scores, 2005-2017 While Greece and Hungary …

… 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 …

… This fourth edition of the Gender Equality Index comes at a turbulent time when gender equality and those promoting it are facing increasing …

… Gender Equality Index 2019 Domain of work The domain of work, with … a score of 72.0, keeps the third-highest position in the Gender Equality Index. This score spotlights the incremental …

… composite measure does not affect the final score of the Gender Equality Index. However, violence against women must be … EU had a score of 27.5 (EIGE, 2017b). A high score in the Gender Equality Index means that a country is close to …

… 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 … Rights. This inclusion, along with the right to gender equality, access to LTC services, and a healthy work …

… 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 … the gender pay gap. The domain of power measures gender equality in decision-making positions across the political, …

… 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 …

… Education is a powerful driver of more gender-equal and inclusive societies. Equal access to … is also a tool to raise awareness of the key principles of equality between women and men and to prevent a backlash … against women’s rights (European Parliament, 2019). The Gender Equality Index for the domain of knowledge reveals how …

… capital and the poorest (OECD, 2017). Despite progress on gender equality, inequalities between women and men in this domain … receive disproportionately lower earnings than men. The EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16 % (European Commission, …

… 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 … the European Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, which also presents measures for …