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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
  • Broader consequences of digitalisation

    … some technological trends have broader implications for gender equality. The availability of high computing power and … economic and political implications, especially from a gender perspective. This section aims to close that gap by …

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    Toolkit page
  • Gender pay gap in ICT and platform work

    … recent policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In 2018, on average, women’s gross … and sectoral segregation, part-time or temporary work, gender stereotypes and norms, difficulties in reconciling … Both women and men are well paid in ICT but the gender pay gap persists Attracting women to well-paid ICT and …

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  • Digitalisation and work–life balance

    … parents and carers and to contribute to the achievement of equality between women and men in the labour market. The Gender Equality Index 2019 showed that work–life balance challenges are closely linked to gender inequalities, and that flexible working arrangements …

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  • New forms of work and flexible working practices in the context of the ICT sector and platform work

    … other, more stable jobs. These changes can affect gender equality both positively and negatively. On the one hand, the … 2019), potentially leading to improvements in the Gender Equality Index domain of work. This is because …

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  • Employment prospects in the ICT sector and platform work

    … segregated nature of the EU labour market, the variety of gender stereotypes around employment in certain jobs and related gender differences in career expectations. This section … of the ICT sector cannot be realised without gender equality Recent decades have seen EU Member States gradually …

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  • Job automation, use of new technologies and transformation of the labour market

    … the majority of workplaces in the EU labour market, gender differences in the use of ICT at work persist. … and skill demand, as well as certain broader aspects of gender equality. It may well contribute to future changes in Gender …

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  • Men dominate technology development

    … Gender differences in digital skills and use of digital … out, particularly among young people. However, the lack of gender diversity in the workforce likely to invent, design, … of research institutions in the EU have adopted a gender equality plan (European Commission, 2019h) [7] , …

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  • Digital skills and training

    … Women in Digital (WiD)), the following analysis looks at gender differences in information, communication, … advance those skills. Advanced digital skills of women and gender equality go hand in hand The WiD Scoreboard monitors women’s …

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  • International law: women have right to sexual and reproductive health

    … to services such as abortion. In order to achieve gender equality in the European Union, this area needs close … as hormonal contraception and abortion. Next year, EIGE’s Gender Equality Index will have a special focus in the area …

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    • Health
  • Gendered patterns in use of new technologies

    … in many ways, for example if the relationship between gender and technology is viewed as mutually constitutive: … contexts, their design and meaning are created within gender relations and thus reflect pre-existing gender … digital policies [1] . The correlation between the Gender Equality Index and the Digital Economy and Society Index …

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  • Digital transformation of the world of work

    … labour market regulation, paying only limited attention to gender equality prospects. This section focuses on the gendered … fair working conditions, access to social protection and gender equality. Although the Pillar underlines the …

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  • Collecting data on violence presents long-standing challenges

    … new data has become available since the publication of the Gender Equality Index 2019, except for some new insights into … of identifying victims, and nor are they disaggregated by gender. The Council of Europe also highlighted that these …

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  • Unprecedented impact of COVID-19 calls for gender-sensitive policies and research

    … innumerable people, both directly and indirectly. Although gender-disaggregated data are not provided by all countries, … was seen in the SARS outbreak in 2003 (Jin et al., 2020). Gender disparities may be rooted in biological differences … 2021, when health will be the thematic focus of the Gender Equality Index. That Index will also focus on important …

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  • Disability and education significantly affect health and access to healthcare

    … Examination of the Gender Equality Index confirms that good health and healthcare are … status, family status and disability all intersect with gender to some extent and impact one of the main indicators …

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  • Lack of data obstructs monitoring of gender progress on health behaviour

    … The 2020 Gender Equality Index still reflects the pre-COVID-19 period. … lost most points (1.4 and 1.3, respectively). The largest gender inequalities are found in health behaviour: the score …

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  • Progress on gender equality is most notable on company boards

    … several Member States have taken action to promote more gender-balanced representation in corporate leadership. The … binding quotas for the minimum representation of each gender, in some cases with sanctions for non-compliance. To …

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  • Legislative action advances gender equality in politics

    … Finland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Austria have reached gender balance; that is, they comprise at least 40 % of each gender. The parliaments of Croatia, Malta and Hungary have … elections took place in 2019, with two big improvements in gender balance: in Finland, from 40 % in 2010 to 46 % in …

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  • Halfway to gender equality in decision-making

    … respectively. However, while Spain showed improvement in gender equality in all subdomains, the Netherlands lost ground in … although Italy and Luxembourg showed decreases in gender equality in decision-making in the social subdomain …

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  • Gender, age and education affect workers’ access to social activities

    … the lower score in the time domain, pointing to persistent gender inequalities. This is important from both a gender equality and a well-being perspective (Brajša-Žganec …

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  • Insufficient care infrastructure pushes women to fill the gaps

    … related targets) were restated in the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011–2020) and referred to in the Europe 2020 …

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