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  • Opening speech of the Gender Equality Index 2020 press conference

    … the progress of gender equality in the European Union and shows trends in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power, health and violence. Each year, we score the EU and … on gender equality in political, economic and social decision-making. Even though this area has the lowest score …

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  • Leadership in Europe: How can we get the right balance?

    … gender no lower than 40 %. But EU countries aren’t keen and have been blocking the law for almost a decade now.  It … with this mental exercise because I wanted to show how the power of our current reality shapes our conscious and … that have not adopted any measures to get more women into decision-making positions, in the boardroom and beyond? They …

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  • Speech for an online hearing on Covid-19

    … of lockdown measures has reminded us just how difficult and dangerous it is for the women who live with a violent … and we have also put forward ideas for leaders and decision makers to ensure that the gender perspective is not … the important decisions. This imbalance of decision-making power means that women are left out from shaping the …

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  • Beyond the Beijing Declaration: Assessment and main challenges

    … we mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) – a milestone in the worldwide … about women making their own decisions and holding the power; about them being able to stand for their rights and … Despite this, women continue to be under-represented in decision making bodies, that deal with these policies. Men …

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  • Decision-making in environment and climate change: women woefully under-represented in the EU Member States

    … Environment and climate change is a hot topic across the globe and it is … that happen, women need to be adequately represented in decision-making processes. EIGE regularly monitors the share of women in positions of power in the environment and climate change arena within the …

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    • Environment and climate change
  • Rights, access and outcomes – sexual and reproductive health in focus

    … ‘Good sexual and reproductive health is a state of complete physical, … and structured in accordance with gender norms and unequal power relations in society, and may strip women and men of … with men frequently kept out of the contraceptive decision-making process (de Irala et al., 2011; Dereuddre et …

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  • Gender-balanced decision-making is imperative post pandemic

    … The lack of women’s presence in decision-making bodies established globally to tackle … Although women make up 70 % of health professionals and 80 % of health associate professionals in the EU (EIGE, … gender gaps in decision-making strengthens unequal power structures and weakens COVID-19 responses, potentially …

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  • Decision-making gains drive gender equality progress

    … Since 2010, the EU score for the domain of power [1] has increased by 13.1 points, and between 2018 and 2019 it increased by 1.9 points. … domains. Gender balance gains in the subdomain of economic decision-making, such as on boards of the largest companies …

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  • Decision-making driving change, segregation blocking it

    … equality from 2010 differ considerably across domains and countries. From both short-term (2018–2019) and … progress has been most marked in the domain of power, with this domain alone accounting for around two … Between 2018 and 2019, progress on gender balance in decision-making was fast-paced in Spain (+ 7.5 points) and …

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  • Progress is an uphill struggle

    … generations to achieve gender parity at the current pace. And even that projection is threatened by COVID-19. The … The greatest gender inequalities are in the domain of power, with a score of 55.0 points. The silver lining, … in women’s participation in economic and political decision-making in several Member States. The domain of …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2021 highlights

    … an improvement of just 0.6 points since the 2020 edition and of only 4.9 points in total since 2010. Even that minimal … and 2019 was largely driven by advances in the domain of power, in particular improved gender balance on company … responses to gender inequalities in economic and political decision-making. With COVID-19 impacting Member States to …

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  • Abbreviations

    … disease 2019 ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control EHIS European Health Interview Survey EIGE … point(s) PPE personal protective equipment PPS purchasing power standard PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder SDG … Organization Five Well-Being Index WMID Women and Men in Decision-Making Footnotes [1] This report uses the …

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  • References

    … Ostrovschi, N. V., Prince, M., Gorceag, V. I., Trigub, C., and Oram, S. (2013). Risk factors for mental disorders in … Lancet, 395(10238), 1673-1676. Bhui, K. (2018). Gender, power and mental illness. The British Journal of Psychiatry, … Symptoms of a broken system: the gender gaps in COVID-19 decision-making. BMJ global health, 5(10), e003549. Van de …

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  • Thematic focus

    … crisis would be short-lived. As the toll on human health and lives has grown, the intertwined social, economic and … by the global, national and local distribution of money, power and resources (WHO, 2008). Some of these factors … work, as measured by the domain of time, and access to decision-making, as reflected in the domain of power, are …

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  • Domain of power

    … In terms of progress on gender equality in key decision-making positions in major political, economic and social institutions, the EU is only halfway towards … (European Commission, 2021a). Although the domain of power has seen the most improvement of all domains since …

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  • EU research shows COVID-19 poised to end progress on gender equality

    … The social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis threaten to roll … the EU in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It finds that it was achievements in the … representation of women and men in a range of the highest decision-making positions across the political, economic and …

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  • Women and power in the Western Balkans and Turkey

    … The share of women in decision-making positions is one important element in … Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) measures how much power women hold in politics, economics and finance, research, sports and the media. Below you can …

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  • Statistical brief: gender balance in corporate boards 2020

    … The persistent gender imbalance among key decision-makers in large corporations and financial institutions remains a cause for concern. Each … the performance benefits of gender-balanced decision-making, women remain substantially under-represented in …

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  • Quotas can turbocharge progress on gender balance in politics and business

    … EIGE has published its latest data on women and men in decision-making, covering the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and … balance in corporate boards 2020 Data Talk: Women and power in the Western Balkans and Turkey Gender Statistics …

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  • Statistical brief: gender balance in politics 2020

    … Political assemblies and executives often fail to reflect the gender diversity of … the EU, with a particular focus on gender balance in decision-making at EU, national and territorial levels, as well as in …

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