… to the inclusion of a gender equality perspective in all EU policy areas. The recovery and resilience facility, which … to gender equality and equal opportunities for all. As countries struggle to tackle COVID-19, strategies addressing … 2013, the Gender Equality Index has been recognised by EU institutions and Member States as a key benchmark for …
… prime ministers and 69 % of government ministers in the EU-28 are men [1] . Across the European Parliament, the … of senior administrators are men [2] . The majority of EU institutions are led by men [3] . Only 20 years ago, the … women and men was even more pronounced. 100 % of EUcountries and 90 % of EU institutions were led by men [4] . …
… About a third of women who faced sexual harassment in the EU experienced it in the workplace . Some of the sexist … Regulations. Such behaviour is also illegal under several EU directives and prohibited under the Council of Europe … However, when surveyed, people in different European countries have been found to have a different understanding …
… population and increasing life expectancy across the EU (EIGE, 2020e; Iancu and Iancu, 2017; Stavrotheodoros … system to sustain the pressure of growing patient numbers, countries are promoting independent living in any care … care settings (ILO, 2018b). It is estimated that, in the EU, only 17 % of social workers who provide home-based …
… 2018 study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 45 European countries found that over half of the women parliamentarians … or abuse, 51 % of young women and 42 % of young men in the EU hesitated to engage in social media debates, out of fear …
… in ICT and non-ICT sectors, by working time arrangements, EU, 2015 However, part-time work – which, in some cases, … sector, with women holding only 2 in 10 ICT jobs in the EU. Many different factors contribute to gender segregation … of the workplaces of ICT specialists (aged 20–64) in the EU (%), 2015 Platforms can both empower and exploit workers, …
… to be highly gendered, given the segregated nature of the EU labour market, the variety of gender stereotypes around … realised without gender equality Recent decades have seen EU Member States gradually transform their labour markets, … more than 12 times the average employment growth in the EU, with the share of ICT specialists in total employment …
… to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the EU economy. Notably, a range of time-consuming or physically … have transformed the majority of workplaces in the EU labour market, gender differences in the use of ICT at … gap seems to be driven by significant differences in a few countries (e.g. Cyprus and Austria), while others show little …
… ICT, compared with only 1.6 % of female students in the EU (Figure 36 and Figure 37). This level of … 2018 On average, over 8 in 10 ICT specialists [3] in the EU are men (Figure 38). Despite the overall growth of the ICT … in recent decades, the share of women in ICT jobs in the EU has decreased by 4 p.p. since 2010, standing at 18 % in …
… define digital skills (Kaarakainen et al., 2017) and the EU Digital Scoreboard (Digital Economy and Society Index, … of basic and advanced digital skills (OECD, 2018a). In the EU, men often have more advantages than women when it comes … the shares of women with above basic skills confirms that countries with high shares of digitally skilled women also …
… (see Section 9.2). The digital performance of the EU is measured by the Digital Economy and Society Index, … contributing to the digital gender divide (OECD, 2018b). EU-wide data shows that women fare more or less equally with … men), although there are significant differences between countries. Older women in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden …
… lives. As shown in Figure 25 , 5 % of adult women in the EU have experienced some form of online harassment in the 12 … women, with 20 % of 18–29-year-old women living in the EU having experienced sexual harassment online since the age … being LGBTI in the past 12 months, by age and orientation, EU, 2020 In addition to cyber-harassment, several emerging …
… definition of femicide as a criminal offence, either at EU or Member State level (Schröttle and Meshkova, 2018). This … against Trafficking in Human Beings revealed that in the EU the number of identified victims of trafficking rose from … of 51 %. The numbers are not directly comparable between countries, because of different collection and registration …
… Although gender-disaggregated data are not provided by all countries, data suggest that infected men are more likely to … are estimated to amount to more than 4 % of GDP across EU Member States (over EUR 600 billion per year) [1] (OECD-EU, 2018). A considerable number of children experience …
… disabilities reported an unmet need for dental care in the EU on average. While the numbers experiencing unmet need are … with only 2 % of the highest quintile in 2018 [6] . Countries where health insurance provides at least some … age, education level, country of birth and disability, EU, 2018 The data highlight how different inequalities …
… a minor loss in progress, of – 0.1 point. Since 2010, 12 countries have improved their score by more than 1 point, … in terms of both scores and rankings. The score for the EU has improved by 1.1 points since 2010 and shows no change … inequalities are found in health behaviour: the score at EU level is a mere 75.4 points. Data show that men are more …
… State to have surpassed the 40 % threshold. The number of countries in which women account for at least one third of … shown little or negative progress since 2018. Across the EU, several Member States have taken action to promote more … boards or board of directors) and binding quotas, by EU Member State, 2020 The presence of women in executive …
… The presence of women in EU national parliaments (both houses) has increased by … women). No progress has been made in Estonia. A number of countries have undertaken initiatives to improve the gender … to have over 80 % men on councils since 2017. Across the EU, leadership in local government continues to elude women, …
… With an EU score of 61.6 points, social activities is the subdomain … of working women and men is extremely low in some countries and varies significantly between countries. In nine … important inequalities in how women and men in the EU combine work with other aspects of their lives. While the …