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… the third lowest scoring of the six domains comprising the Gender Equality Index and is characterised by a persistent lack of … the second broadest dispersion of countries’ scores in the Gender Equality Index (after the domain of power). The social …

… participation levels are very low in most of the EU, gender differences are essentially non-existent in 16 Member … adult learning – Sweden, Denmark and Finland – where the gender gaps in favour of women are 12 p.p., 7 p.p. and … segregation in education remains a major barrier to gender equality in the EU. In 2017, 43  % of all women at university …

… university have increased steadily in Europe, with the gender gap slowly reversing to favour women. In 2010, 20 % of … older age group (26 % and 25 %, respectively). The largest gender gaps in favour of women tertiary graduates were … women and 24 % of young Roma men) (FRA, 2019b). The Gender Equality Index’s indicator on educational attainment is …

… has remained stagnant since the previous edition of the Gender Equality Index, improving by only 1.8 points since 2010 … of at least 1 point since the previous edition of the Gender Equality Index (Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, France, …

… equal sharing of resources within households, this gender gap is likely to underestimate women’s true exposure to poverty. Gender gaps in poverty have increased in 14 Member States … and France have shown most progress on closing their gender gaps (see Table 13 in Annex 3). Poverty and social …

… Women’s economic independence has long been a focus of EU gender equality policy. However, women remain in a more precarious … a slight improvement (up 4.9 points) since 2010. Closing gender gaps in monthly earnings and income from pensions, …

… Gender equality in the world of work is advancing at a slow pace in … year, owing to a combination of the following changes. The gender gaps in FTE employment rates and duration of working … countries recorded virtually no improvement in gender equality during this period: Denmark, Romania and Cyprus. The …

… the domain of power continues to drive the increase in the Gender Equality Index, in both the short term and the long term. … domain of power is also the major driving factor behind gender equality progress in almost all of the Member States …

… The annual increase in the Gender Equality Index since 2010 is the result of the different …

… The Gender Equality Index score is 67.9 points, showing the urgent need … every 2 years – it will take more than 60 years to achieve gender equality in the EU. The largest gender inequalities are …

… UCLA J. Islamic & Near EL, 16 , 29. Adams, A. (2020). The Gender Wage Gap on an Online Labour Market: The Cost of … Berg, J. (2017). When home affects pay: An analysis of the gender pay gap among crowdworkers. Social Science Research … and Tertilt, M. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on gender equality. National Bureau of Economic Research . Retrieved …

… Progress towards gender equality in the EU remains slow. The Gender Equality Index score in 2018 was 67.9 points, just …

… has changed – creating both opportunities for and risks to gender equality. However, academic, public and policy debates on the digital future of work have often adopted gender-neutral perspectives that fail to address the central …

… composite measure does not affect the final score of the Gender Equality Index. However, violence against women must be … health and economic implications, including for gender-based violence. The lockdowns imposed across all …

… from past outbreaks show the importance of incorporating gender analysis into preparedness plans and institutional … the effectiveness of health interventions and promote gender and health equity goals (Wenham et al., 2020). … focusing on health and well-being while the Goal 5 gender equality targets encompass health issues affecting women. …

… this breakthrough, the new Commissioners have the best gender balance to date, with 12 women (46  % ) and 15 men (56 … leader since 2002, passed the 40  % threshold for each gender’s representation in its constitutive session in July … fore, as one of the five priority areas of the EU gender equality strategy 2020–2025, thereby underlining the …

… The unequal distribution of paid and unpaid work along gender lines is considered one of the root causes of gender inequality in society as a whole and in the labour … particularly long-term care. The newly released EU gender equality strategy 2020–2025 includes closing gender gaps in …

… and high-quality educational processes, are essential for gender equality and for Europe’s future economic prosperity. The Index looks at gender segregation in higher education, graduates of tertiary …

… empowerment is central to realising women’s rights and gender equality. Investing in women’s economic independence enables … These pose some new challenges for and risks to gender equality. Digitalisation may hold out the promise of …

… EIGE’s 2020 research assessing progress towards gender equality 25 years after the adoption of the Beijing Platform … in the EU remains characterised by a number of important gender inequalities (EIGE, 2020a). The employment rate of …