… Education is a catalyst for social change and necessary to build societies that respect human rights. Education is needed to give women andmen the skills to secure steady, well-paid jobs to avoid social exclusion. Genderequality in education is focused on gender-based …
… with issues such as ageing societies, migration and climate change bringing new challenges. “The ageing population of the EU brings new challenges for genderequality as women continue to be the main providers of … keep 7.7 million women and about half a million men out of the labour market and for the same reason, 9 …
… Main findings The EU keeps moving towards gender equality at a snail’s pace. While the GenderEquality … nearly three quarters (74 %) of the progress between 2015 and 2017. The persistent gender segregation in different … employment rate in the EU was 41 % for women and 57 % for men, an increase of about 1 percentage point (p.p.) for both …
… crises, the increasing clout of radical right-wing voices, and a sense of 'gender fatigue' have impacted EU governments' commitment to … that have helped narrow the gaps between women andmen. WATCH: Power Up conference live “Progress on gender …
… compared to the EU average of 51.9. However, significant gender inequalities remain, especially when it comes to income and earnings, and the sharing of household … genderequalityand equal opportunities. Women andmen must have equal access to opportunities and services …
… for Action (2013), Agreed conclusions on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and … ). (4) European Institute for GenderEquality (EIGE) (2014), Effective genderequality … gender-based violence is inflicted on women and girls by men. See EIGE, ‘What is gender-based violence?’ (available at …
… Expected result : Gender-competent police officers understand the gender dynamics of violence against women and are capable of predicting lethality. Key elements for … or seek to ‘transform’ unequal gender relations between menand women. Gender-specific approaches to risk assessment …
… The gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16 % and has barely … EU are active in the labour market compared to 79.2 % of men. However, lower pay gaps seem to have a connection with …
… A catalyst for genderequality in the making Policy debates on work—life balance traditionally do not consider education and training. Yet constant technological advances require … for greater genderequality provided both women andmen can access it despite work and family constraints. …
… decline as overall employment rates rise (see Chapter 2). Men’s weekly working time decreased by 1 hour between 2008 and 2017 (from 41.0 to 40.0 hours). For women, their working … 2018; Plantenga et al., 2010; Wheatley, 2017), gender differences on their actual usage remain highly …
… infrastructure for work—life balance Access to quality and sustainable public infrastructure such as care and … in determining employment opportunities for women andmenand in balancing paid work with other life duties and needs. Traditional gender roles assigning women to care work, paid or unpaid, …
… Equally shared or not, childcare is a key dimension of genderequality Family structures have changed drastically in … pre-eminent, supplanted by the prevalence of dual-earning and single-headed families as more women work outside of the … policy options may promote equality between women andmen by increasing the labour-market participation of women …
… is expected to increase from 19 % in 2016 to 29 % by 2080, and the percentage of people above 80 years old will more … the EU had a long-term disability, women (27 %) more than men (22 %) [2] . Given this context, the EU will face a major … were used. Member States are grouped on size of the gender gap. ‘Considerably more’ — gender gap is higher than …
… Parental-leave conditions may help or hinder genderequality The increase in female employment rates, … family model, have unsettled traditional gender work roles and expectations (Connolly, Aldrich, O’Brien, Speight, & … services. These all impact the behaviour of women andmen taking leave and their participation in the labour …
… in the world of work, propelled by a digital revolution and economic crises, has swept away demarcation lines between … These have brought socioeconomic costs that have impacted genderequality across different domains of life. Work—life … and whether these are equally available to all women andmen, and if so, how can they further boost genderequality. …
… among the highest of all six core domains measured in the GenderEquality Index. Figure 28: Scores for the domain of health and its sub-domains, EU, since 2005 Overall, Member State … and on inequalities among different groups of women andmen. In 2017 the score for the sub-domain of access reached …
… companies in the EU‑28 more than doubled between 2010 and 2018 (from 12 % to 26 %), after the European Commission … remained the only Member State with at least 40 % of each gender on the combined boards of the companies covered [1] . … board members. In just under half of Member States (13), men outnumber women by at least four to one (i.e. < 20 % …
… of 30 % in 2018. Parliaments in Sweden, Finland, Belgium and Spain are gender balanced (i.e. at least 40 % of each gender), whereas … of each gender), in all the other national governments men account for more than 60 % of cabinet ministers. In 2019, …
… does family type determine the overall time that women andmen spend caring for their children, grandchildren, older people or people with disabilities, it also impacts gender inequalities in caring. When different types of …
… In the EU, more women andmen graduate from universities than in the past. Between … strongly outnumbered men as tertiary graduates, with a gender gap in Estonia of 16 p.p., in Latvia of 13 p.p. and in …