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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
  • Survey on gender equality and socio-economic consequences of COVID-19

    … works for people’, which is also the thematic focus of the Gender Equality Index 2022. Previous research into the … throughout 2022, as well as formed the thematic focus of Gender Equality Index 2022.   Read more Gender statistics …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Employment
    • Health
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  • Administrative Assistant

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) [1] is organising a call for applications … envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. To achieve its goals, the Institute collects …

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    Contract Agents
  • Transport in the EU: Too few women in decision-making

    … Despite efforts to improve gender equality, EU labour markets are still characterised by … data, only four in ten workers in the EU are employed in a gender-balanced sector, where the workforce comprises at …

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

    … covered. The latest available data highlight where the gender balance is good, and where we still need to make … 73.2 % are men. Although this represents a significant gender imbalance, the proportion of women is the highest … to environment and climate change show a similar lack of gender balance, being made up of 29.7 % women and 70.3 % men. …

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    Topics
    • Environment and climate change
  • Traditional norms of masculinity

    … Traditional gender roles place expectations on men to be the sole breadwinner in the family. Gender equality progress and profound changes in the labour …

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  • Gender differences in mental disorders begin early in life

    … as quickly as possible during childhood and adolescence. Gender-specific data on pre-school children’s mental health is scarce. More evidence on gender differences is available 10-19-year-olds. Boys are … employment and SRHR to assess levels of gender equality, Chen et al. (2005) found that low gender equality …

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  • Men are more likely to perceive their health as good

    … perceive their health to be good or very good (Figure 24). Gender gaps in self-reported health are greater in Portugal, … Portugal, Latvia and Lithuania. Among adolescents, gender gaps in self-reported health are slightly more … or very good from various data sources. It signalises how gender intersects with income levels, living environments …

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  • The costs of gender-based violence in the European Union

    … Gender-based violence is a widespread phenomenon in the … legal, social and specialised services with regard to gender-based violence can create a better understanding of … methodology from the European Institute for Gender Equality’s (EIGE) 2014 study entitled Estimating the costs of …

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic aggravates and brings forth health inequalities

    … of the pandemic on health: poor mental health, a rise in gender-based violence and the provision of SRH services in a … for all Member States, hindering a comprehensive gender analysis of the pandemic’s toll. Men are more likely … web page, https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and-gender-equality/essential-workers . Data from EU-LFS, 2018. [10] …

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

    … of SRH without any discrimination, while tackling gender inequalities on this issue, have been on UN agendas and included in the SDGs. Gender inequalities significantly impact SRH outcomes. They … further information, Section 3.2.2 of the report Gender Equality and Health in the EU offers a detailed overview of …

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  • Gender and intersecting inequalities in access to health services

    … have the most transformative potential towards advancing gender equality in society. They create opportunities for people to … services and explores some of the reasons behind this. Gender intersects with other social positions to hamper …

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  • Health and risk behaviours are clearly gendered

    … despite their harmful consequences (Nutbeam, 1998). The Gender Equality Index monitors both types of health behaviour. … covers activities such as heavy drinking and smoking [1] . Gender is an important social determinant of health, shaping …

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  • Enduring health inequalities stall progress

    … With data from 2019, the Gender Equality Index 2021 primarily reflects the pre-pandemic … since 2010, and has seen no change since 2018. The largest gender inequalities are found in the health behaviour …

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  • Legislative action makes a difference

    … remains the only EU country to have at least 40 % of each gender on the boards of the largest companies, with women … the largest companies in the EU have at least 40 % of each gender on their boards. However, nearly one in five still … FI and SE) have taken a softer approach [2] . Spain has equality legislation that recommends a minimum of 40 % of …

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  • Decision-making gains drive gender equality progress

    … score of 55 points remains the lowest of all the domains. Gender balance gains in the subdomain of economic … between 2012 and 2016 and have noticeably slowed since. Gender equality in political decision-making has advanced by …

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    Toolkit page
  • Gender inequalities in use of time live on

    … the second broadest dispersion of country scores in the Gender Equality Index, after the domain of power. Gender inequality is higher in the social activities …

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    Toolkit page
  • Snail-pace progress comes to a halt

    … to 2019, there was little change between 2018 and 2019. Gender segregation in education remains a major block to gender equality in the EU. Not only has there been no progress since …

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    Toolkit page
  • COVID-19 exacerbates women’s economic vulnerability and hardship

    … as well as their disproportionate burden of care duties. Gender-sensitive recovery needs to address the gender pay gap by promoting equal share of care … members of  couple, hence explaining the absence of gender gap for couples. Income gaps are more difficult to …

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  • Earnings and income equality still out of reach

    … Bulgaria, once more, ranks last. Alarmingly, the poverty gender gap for the EU as a whole was wider in 2019 than in … Member State   Footnotes [1] The domain of money measures gender inequalities in access to financial resources and in …

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  • Unpaid childcare still hindering women from working full time

    … disadvantageous for women. As Figure 6 shows, the largest gender gap – 27 p.p. – in FTE employment in 2019 was among … working full time. The second highest FTE employment gender gap, of 21 p.p., is among foreign-born women and men. … to the change was the statistical adjustment of the Gender Equality Index data to an EU-27 level of analysis, excluding …

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