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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
  • 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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    Toolkit page
  • 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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    Toolkit page
  • 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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  • Small drop in disparities in gender equality across the European Union, but COVID-19 could change that

    … Although gender equality gains among Member States vary widely, progress, … objective of the EU – is critical. Upward convergence on gender equality – improving performance in Member States while …

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  • Decision-making driving change, segregation blocking it

    … Achievements in gender equality from 2010 differ considerably across domains and … Spain (+ 24.3 points). Between 2018 and 2019, progress on gender balance in decision-making was fast-paced in Spain …

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  • Progress is an uphill struggle

    … The Gender Equality Index score for the EU-27 is 68.0 points out of 100 … is only 4.9 points higher than in 2010 (Figure 1). With gender equality inching forward by only 1 point every 2 years, it …

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  • Thematic focus: health

    … Gender inequalities in health Gender differences in health status Overall, women tend to … are clearly gendered in the EU. There are persistent gender gaps in health-promoting behaviour, such as healthy … web page, https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and-gender-equality/essential-workers . Data from EU-LFS, 2018. [8] …

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  • Foreword

    … Europe has made fragile gains in gender equality. But big losses are emerging as a result of the … impacts. Carlien Scheele Director, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2021 highlights

    … Main findings The Gender Equality Index score for the EU is 68.0 points out of 100 [1] … in total since 2010. Even that minimal progress on gender equality is threatened by the impact of the COVID-19 …

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    Toolkit page
  • Fragile pace of change since 2010

    … 0.5 points overall. Such creeping gains in the area of gender segregation in the labour force underlines the fragility of gender equality progress and the intractability of the …

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  • Abbreviations

    … Health Interview Survey EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality EQLS European Quality of Life Survey ETUI European … intersex and other non-dominant sexual orientations and gender identities in society NCD non-communicable disease …

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  • References

    … J., and Tertilt, M. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality (w26947). Retrieved from Cambridge, MA: … Systematic Review of the Discrimination Against Sexual and Gender Minority in Health Care Settings. International …

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  • Conclusions

    … Gender inequalities in health The conditions in which women … men live, work and spend their time affect their health. Gender and other factors, such as age, education, ethnicity, … and women’s poorer mental well-being reflect the effect of gender inequality and gendered norms on health by leading to …

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  • Thematic focus

    … Although health was designated the thematic focus of the Gender Equality Index 2021 prior to the pandemic, COVID-19 has led … outcomes. This focus aims to bring together evidence on gender inequalities as a determinant of health and to explore …

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  • Domain of violence

    … life circumstances can increase women’s vulnerability to gender-based violence. Freedom from violence and stereotyping is a key pillar of the 2020–2025 EU gender equality strategy [1] . The EU strategy on victims’ rights …

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    Toolkit page
  • Domain of health

    … Significant gender inequalities persist in the EU in all areas, despite … and self-assessed health status. There are also large gender differences in health-impacting behaviour. Men tend to … 2019). The action plan recognises the need for gender equality of access to long-term care services, healthy …

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    Toolkit page
  • Domain of power

    … In terms of progress on gender equality in key decision-making positions in major political, … of women in decision-making positions. These include gender roles and stereotypes, the heavy burden of housework …

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