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Definition of gender equality

Equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys.

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18 gender statistics indicators found

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Gender Statistics Database
  • Patchy progress on gender-equal access to financial and economic resources

    … money second only to health in surpassing 80 points in the Gender Equality Index. This suggests that, although significant gender gaps still exist on financial and economic resources, …

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    Toolkit page
  • Motherhood, low education and migration are particular barriers to work for women

    … and couples with children (+ 4 p.p.). While the most acute gender gap in FTE employment was observed among couples with … grandchildren or those who are older and ill. These gender gaps in FTE employment stress the need for wider and … different groups of women and men are affected, the Gender Equality Index also highlights the situation of LGBTQI* …

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    Toolkit page
  • Women dominate part-time employment, consigning them to jobs with poorer career progression

    … 1 p.p. for both genders from 2015. This maintains the gender gap in FTE employment unchanged at 16 p.p. over the … hours on full time jobs)/population. FTE employment gender gaps at national level also demonstrate very different … in Finland and Sweden (8 p.p.). No steady narrowing of gender gaps in FTE employment have been noted nationally in …

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    Toolkit page
  • Gender equality inching slowly forward in a fast-changing world of work

    … In comparison, and despite slowly rising employment rates, gender segregation remains a particular challenge for the EU … scores show that the effectiveness of measures to reduce gender segregation in employment remains limited, with women … work sub-domain results underline that to achieve gender equality in the work domain, systematically and effectively …

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    Toolkit page
  • Convergence on gender equality in the EU

    … 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 …

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    Toolkit page
  • More women in decision-making drives progress

    … 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 …

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    Toolkit page
  • Snail’s-pace progress on gender equality in the EU continues

    … 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 …

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    Toolkit page
  • Still far from the finish line

    … 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 …

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    Toolkit page
  • Foreword

    … 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 …

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    Toolkit page
  • Introduction

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

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    Toolkit page
  • 10. Conclusions

    … 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 …

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    Toolkit page
  • 8. Domain of violence

    … 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 …

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  • 7. Domain of health

    … 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 …

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  • 6. Domain of power

    … 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, …

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  • 5. Domain of time

    … 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 …

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  • 4. Domain of knowledge

    … 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 …

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  • 3. Domain of money

    … 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, …

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    Toolkit page
  • 2. Domain of work

    … 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 …

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    Toolkit page
  • 1. Gender equality in the European Union: improvements and challenges between 2005 and 2017

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  • Gender Equality Index 2019: Still far from the finish line

    … The EU continues its snail’s pace when it comes to gender equality progress. The latest Gender Equality Index from the European Institute for Gender …

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