… figures on women and men in decision-making show that the EU is taking a slow but steady path towards gender balanced … women on the boards of the largest listed companies in the EU doubled from 11.9% in 2010 to 23.9% in 2016. Nevertheless, … for the 28 EU Member States and seven other European countries [ 1 ]. Data on national and European politics are …
… If the EU stepped up its efforts to improve gender equality, more … March 2017. “Equality between women and men is one of the EU's fundamental values. It is about fairness. Now numbers … considerably across Member States, with some individual countries seeing around a 4% GDP increase and others …
… shows that important positions of power in the EU are predominately held by men, especially in the finance … 25 top jobs are held by a woman. The Eastern Partnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, … among Eastern Partnership countries, but also with EUcountries. The study provides an overview of the most …
… to the police, courts, hospitals and shelters. Although EU Member States collect administrative data on violence … data remain. There is a lack of agreed definitions on the EU level, such as what constitutes domestic violence or … practices on data collection methodologies from ten EUcountries. They are divided into three categories of data …
… presents a positive example, being one of only two countries in Europe where the national Olympic Committee is … are women. There are also big differences across EU Member States. The proportion of women in decision-making … as well as to raise awareness of gender equality in the EU and the Member States. The Lithuanian National Olympic …
… work to strengthen the capacity of six Western Balkan countries and Turkey as EU candidate and potential candidate countries. EIGE’s mains … gaps in six domains in key policy areas across each of the EU Member States over time. The domains are: work, money, …
… the most prevalent form of violence against women in the EU. In a joint effort to address this, the European Institute … political level of Luxembourg, the Presidency of the EU Council, is standing up for the cause. Lydia Mutsch, … gathered for EIGE’s Gender Equality Index finds that in EUcountries on average, 1 in 5 women have experienced physical …
… of engagement including violence against women, the future EU gender Equality Index, stereotypes, reconciliation of … and private life and relation to the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy ”, states Virginija Langbakk, Director of … would also rise 7 %. Taking into account that certain countries’ growth rates amount to a mere 1% - this linkage is …
… an average of 59 percent of university graduates in the EU yet only 3 percent of company presidents are women and … only 12 percent of corporate boards. On average, in the EU, women’s unemployment rate remains higher than men’s ". … a number of inequalities which still exist in their countries. By working together we can ensure that there is a …
… on Gender Equality to discuss the implementation of the EU Commission’s new EU Gender Equality strategy in Vilnius during the first EU wide event since the Institute’s launch in June. The event …