… and people with disabilities (EIGE, 2019b). While most EU Member States have achieved the Barcelona target of 90 % … Spasova et al., 2018). In 2017, one in four people in the EU had a long-term disability [3] , and about 5 % of … migrant care workers (mostly women) return to their home countries ahead of border closures, has highlighted the older …
… growing inequality (EIGE, 2017e, 2019b). Since 2010, the EU score has stagnated, with a slight decrease of 0.6 points … (– 4.8 points) and Finland (– 2.7 points). The majority of EUcountries have observed improvements in their scores since …
… or non-formal education and training remains low in the EU (17 %) [1] . Nordic countries are clear leaders, with participation rates higher … have the lowest participation rates (both 9 % ). Several EUcountries have seen substantial changes in this metric …
… more likely than women to graduate from university in four countries: Germany (with the largest gender gap of 8 p.p.), … that has completed tertiary education to at least 40 %. At EU level, this target was achieved for women (46 %) but not … age, education level, country of birth and disability, EU, 2018 Figure 14. Europe 2020 target – tertiary educational …
… With an overall EU score of 63.6 points, the domain of knowledge [1] has … Germany (– 2.3) and Denmark (– 1.9). The best-performing countries in the knowledge domain were Sweden, Belgium, … of knowledge, and changes since 2010 and 2017, in the EU Member States Ten EU Member States have registered an …
… In 2010, the Europe 2020 strategy established a 10-year EU target to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk … anti-poverty targets for the whole population, only eight countries had achieved them [1] . Across the EU, the difference between women and men at risk of poverty …
… persist in pay, monthly earnings and income. The EU focuses primarily on the gender pay gap, standing at 16 %, … States, while the gender gap in income has gone up in 19 countries, leading to an overall increase in gender inequality in earnings and income in the EU. Between 2010 and 2018, the gender gap in monthly earnings …
… Women’s economic independence has long been a focus of EU gender equality policy. However, women remain in a more … gaps in poverty and income distribution. The majority of EUcountries slightly narrowed their gender gaps and improved …
… The Europe 2020 strategy set an overall EU employment rate target of 75 % [1] , which was then … 79 % , respectively, meaning that men have already met the EU employment target but women have not. It feels optimistic … precondition for achieving such targets: all five countries with the lowest gender employment gaps (Sweden, …
… rate below 20 %. Around one in two people from a non-EU migrant background and one in three with low educational … arrangements; while some managed to return to their home countries ahead of border closures triggered by the COVID-19 … age, education level, country of birth and disability, EU, 2018 People with disabilities are the only vulnerable …
… in the world of work is advancing at a slow pace in the EU in both the short term and the long term (Figure 4). On … in eight and stayed roughly the same in the remaining countries. There have been overall increases in the FTE … is likely to lead to a sharp decline in employment in the EU. As of May 2020, around 5 % of workers had permanently …
… term (2010–2018) and short term (2017–2018), by domain, EU In 2017–2018, progress in the domain of work contributed to an overall increase in the EU’s Gender Equality Index score by 8 % , the domain of … these lower contributions to gender equality progress at EU level hide important country differences. Closing gender …
… since 2010 is the result of the different performances of EUcountries in different domains (Table 1). As shown in Figure … of power has seen the highest overall increase in the EU since 2010, at 11.6 points. On average, scores in the …
… take more than 60 years to achieve gender equality in the EU. The largest gender inequalities are observed in the … varies considerably between Member States (Figure 2). Ten countries are above the EU average, all scoring more than 70 points on the Gender …
… Progress towards gender equality in the EU remains slow. The Gender Equality Index score in 2018 was … 2017. Although there has been noticeable progress in the EU towards increased women’s employment rates, lower risks of … balance (i.e. at least 40 % of each gender). Several countries have undertaken initiatives to improve the gender …
… of violence provides a set of indicators that can help the EU and its Member States to monitor the extent of the most … and reliable picture of violence against women in the EU. A composite measure combines indicators on the extent of … to the ensuing financial insecurity (EIGE, 2020d). Several countries adopted ad hoc measures to facilitate reporting of …
… overall level of health and capacity of healthcare in the EU are among the best in the world, inequalities in health … cost of health inequalities normally across 25 European countries was estimated to be EUR 980 billion, or 9.4 % of … States are among the strategic objectives of both the EU third health programme (2014–2020) (European Commission, …