… Thank you for inviting EIGE- the European Institute for GenderEquality – to this timely discussion. This year we mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) – a milestone in the worldwide … a comprehensive roadmap for equal rights between women andmen. That same year, in 1995, the European Council …
… Brussels on 28 October 2021. Good morning from Brussels, and welcome to the GenderEquality Index 2021. Thank you for joining us from … re gressed -- when it comes to equality between women andmen in recent history. With all this data, we can also …
… Gender-responsive public procurement (GRPP) is a gender … services or works being purchased. This means that buyers and suppliers examine the impact of all contracted activities on women’s andmen’s needs, interests and concerns, and design and deliver …
… works for people’, which is also the thematic focus of the GenderEquality Index 2022. Previous research into the … declined, while the amount of unpaid household work and childcare increased significantly. Even though men doubled their share of household work, women still …
… Despite efforts to improve genderequality, EU labour markets are still characterised by … workers in particular sectors are predominantly women or men. According to 2020 data, only four in ten workers in the … EU Platform for Change, launched by the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Commission in 2017, …
… Environment and climate change is a hot topic across the globe and it is crucial that related policy decisions serve women andmen equally. To make that happen, women need to be adequately … covered. The latest available data highlight where the gender balance is good, and where we still need to make …
… Traditional gender roles place expectations on men to be the sole breadwinner in the family. Genderequality progress and profound changes in the labour market may have given …
… diagnostic criteria, such as the those in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition … anxiety, phobias, and suicidal thoughts and attempts. Men self-report twice as high levels of externalising … as quickly as possible during childhood and adolescence. Gender-specific data on pre-school children’s mental health …
… 2017). Overall, women tend to report worse health than men (Nesson and Robinson, 2019), except on hearing problems and … perceive their health to be good or very good (Figure 24). Gender gaps in self-reported health are greater in Portugal, …
… were simultaneously battling a third wave of COVID-19 and aggressively rolling out large-scale vaccination … of the pandemic on health: poor mental health, a rise in gender-based violence and the provision of SRH services in a crisis. COVID-19 deadlier for men, ‘long COVID’ more likely for women There are …
… ‘Good sexual and reproductive health is a state of complete physical, … of SRH without any discrimination, while tackling gender inequalities on this issue, have been on UN agendas … power relations in society, and may strip women andmen of their ability to control their SRHR. However, …
… to good-quality, affordable healthcare (both preventive and curative) plays a critical role in maintaining good … everyday life activities [1] . The respondents, women andmen alike, ranked health services as the most important type … have the most transformative potential towards advancing genderequality in society. They create opportunities for …
… towards that end’ (Nutbeam, 1998). Health behaviour and health status are interlinked, since the activities … despite their harmful consequences (Nutbeam, 1998). The GenderEquality Index monitors both types of health … of health, shaping and reproducing how women andmen engage in health behaviour. Research often frames women …
… With data from 2019, the GenderEquality Index 2021 primarily reflects the pre-pandemic period, and the subdomain of health behaviour has not been updated … gender norms and relations affect health behaviours. Men are more likely to smoke and drink excessively, while …
… remains the only EU country to have at least 40 % of each gender on the boards of the largest companies, with women holding 45 % of all positions. Belgium, Italy and Sweden are close behind, with around 38 % of board … women account for 33 % of board members. Elsewhere, men still heavily outnumber women. In 10 Member States, women …
… for the domain of power [1] has increased by 13.1 points, and between 2018 and 2019 it increased by 1.9 points. … score of 55 points remains the lowest of all the domains. Gender balance gains in the subdomain of economic … political power looks at the representation of women andmen in national parliaments, government and regional/local …
… the score for the domain of time [1] since the 2020 Index, and a negative longer-term rating for 2010–2019. As shows, … the second broadest dispersion of country scores in the GenderEquality Index, after the domain of power. Gender … of care activities, measures gender gaps in women’s andmen’s involvement in the care and/or education of their …
… The score improved by only 2.9 points overall between 2010 and 2019 (Figure 10), with the subdomain of attainment and … to 2019, there was little change between 2018 and 2019. Gender segregation in education remains a major block to … measured by two indicators: the percentages of women andmen who are graduates of tertiary-level education and the …
… exclusion risks were already higher for women than for men in the EU before the pandemic (EIGE, 2020g). Women were … reduced (EIGE, 2021c; ILO, 2021). Women aged between 15 and 24 years were the group most likely to lose their job in … as well as their disproportionate burden of care duties. Gender-sensitive recovery needs to address the gender pay gap …
… rates are widely divergent across population groups, and consistently disadvantageous for women. As Figure 6 shows, the largest gender gap – 27 p.p. – in FTE employment in 2019 was among … with children, with 62 % of women, compared with 89 % of men, in this family grouping working full time. The second …