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  • Europe needs to fulfil its gender equality commitments

    … announced today by Vera Jourova, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, and Helena Dalli, Commissioner for … opportunities and prevents them from entering positions of power. On company boards, decision-making positions mostly go to men, with women …

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  • Highlights of the Gender Equality Index 2019

    … EU’s score has increased by only 5.4 points. Although the power domain has the lowest score, improvements in this … nearly three quarters (74 %) of the progress between 2015 and 2017. The persistent gender segregation in different … The social power sub-domain (research, media and sports decision-making) is the one with the slowest progress since …

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  • North Macedonia publishes its own Gender Equality Index

    … in comparison with the EU countries. In the domain of power, the country scores better than the EU. North Macedonia … inequalities remain, especially when it comes to income and earnings, and the sharing of household … quota. There is also a solid representation of women in decision-making positions in research funding organisations …

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  • More gender equality on corporate boards — but only in a few Member States

    … companies in the EU‑28 more than doubled between 2010 and 2018 (from 12 % to 26 %), after the European Commission … and virtual stagnation on gender equality in economic power and decision-making. A recent slowdown in progress is likely to …

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  • More women in decision-making but still a long way to go

    … The EU score for the power domain (51.9) remains the lowest of all domains. … it has steadily increased: by 3.4 points since 2015 and by 13 points since 2005. Figure 23: Scores for the domain … of men in political, economic and social decision-making. Figure 25: Average increase/decrease …

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  • More women in decision-making drives progress

    … The power domain has seen the biggest advances in gender equality … for this domain rose from 48.5 to 51.9 points between 2015 and 2017, an average increase of 1.7 points per year. In … (2015-2017, 2005-2012, 2005-2017) The rise of women in decision-making became a key driver of gender equality in …

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

    … in line with the sluggish improvement seen between 2005 and 2015, averaging around 0.4 points per year. Nearly all … largely due to dramatic advances in political and economic decision-making. In Estonia, progress was attributable to higher scores in the power, knowledge and money domains (see Table 1 and …

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  • Still far from the finish line

    … States need to make considerable advances to ensure women and men enjoy equal levels of well-being in all domains of … the composite indicator of the Gender Equality Index, the power domain score of 51.9 points of the EU reveals that gender inequalities in decision-making remain the biggest hurdles to overcome. The …

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  • Foreword

    … With a freshly elected European Parliament and a new term for the European Commission, the time is ripe … direction. There are big improvements in the domain of power, as more women are taking on decision-making positions, especially in com­pany boardrooms …

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  • 10. Conclusions

    … challenges that remain. In particular, the segregation and quality of work sub-domain, with a score as low as … in the subsequent chapter on work—life balance. Domain of power While the domain of power has the lowest score in the … notable improvements in gender balance in political decision-making since 2005 can be attributed to the …

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  • 6. Domain of power

    … the EU made historic gains — they won the right to vote and to be elected, and they held pioneering positions in national decision-making bodies (European Parliament, 2019). A century … action plan to tackle the gender pay gap. The domain of power measures gender equality in decision-making positions …

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

    … with 83.6 points, followed by Denmark with 77.5. Greece and Hungary have the most ground to make up, with both … for Gender Equality (EIGE). The lowest scoring domain is power, which looks at equality in decision-making. Yet, it is the area with the biggest …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2019. Work-life balance

    … direction. There are big improvements in the domain of power, as more women are taking on decision-making positions, especially in company boardrooms … across Europe. Each year we score EU Member States and the EU as a whole to see how far they are from reaching …

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  • Women in decision-making: why it matters

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  • Gender equality in power and decision-making

    … looks at how Member States fared on gender equality in power and decision-making positions within bodies of public, eco­nomic …

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  • Step 3: Gender-sensitive analysis

    … All regulations, policies and programmes relevant to gender affect the living … between women and men in access to resources (work, money, power, health, well-being, security, knowledge-education, … norms and values which regulate the process of control and decision- making. It is about the opportunities to …

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  • Step 4: Weighing gender impact

    … gender impact of any initiative: 1. Participation of women and men The impact will be considered positive when a … as education, employment, careers, health, time, money, power, information, new technologies, etc. The impact will be … important to analyse the participation of women and men in decision-making in the field of the project, as outlined …

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  • Finland

    … Model Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model There is no legal obligation to conduct … well-being, health, public services, leisure and decision-making. Finally, it is important to highlight that specific …

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  • Step 5: Establishing a gender mainstreaming support structure

    … discrimination amongst the employees of an organisation and for promoting equal opportunities for the organisation’s … mainstreaming support structure into the organisation’s decision-making processes is also a key aspect for creating …

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  • Step 8: Introducing gender mainstreaming

    … aspects Select methods that suit the specific procedures and working routines of a particular organisation Develop … access to resources and development, control of assets, decision making powers, etc. between women and men and their assigned …

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