What’s gender equality got to do with financial independence? EIGE’s latest report joins the dots on income, wealth and power, highlighting the crucial role of financial independence for women. Topics Economic and financial affairs Employment Migration Poverty Violence Publication date 07 May 2024
Are You Ready for the European Parliament Elections 2024? Take the Gender Equality Quiz! From 6 to 9 June 2024, people in the EU will vote for the 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing 480 million Europeans. But before you vote, have you considered gender equality? Publication date 01 May 2024
Financial Independence and Gender Equality: Joining the dots between income, wealth, and power This report presents evidence on gender inequalities in financial independence in the EU, with a particular focus on how financial independence has been defined and measured. It also presents evidence on the impact of tax–benefit systems in EU Member States on gender inequalities in financial independence and explores consequences associated with financial dependence, including economic violence. The report finds that... Topics Economic and financial affairs Employment Poverty Violence Publication date 06 May 2024 Available in: EN
Gender Equality Index 2023: Towards a green transition in transport and energy The Gender Equality Index 2023 presents the EU in relation to gender equality amid crises and uncertainties. In recent years, the world has been hit by repeated shocks and multiple crises. What remains constant is the fact that when crisis strikes, women and girls suffer disproportionally. The crises and shocks continuously threaten to create new challenges and reverse years of... Topics Culture Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Energy Entrepreneurship Environment and climate change Health Justice Migration Poverty Regional policy Transport Youth Violence Publication date 24 Oct 2023 Available in: EN
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Resources and structures key for women's empowerment With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality? Publication date 27 Feb 2023
Two years on: women fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine need more support How can essential healthcare services be strengthened for victims of conflict-related sexual violence? Topics Health Migration Youth Violence Publication date 20 Feb 2024
EIGE stresses the need for gender dimension in DSA transparency reporting EIGE, in its contribution to a public consultation on the design of transparency reports under the Digital Services Act (DSA), has highlighted the need to include gender-based measurement instruments. Topics Digital agenda Violence Publication date 01 Feb 2024
Are You Ready for the European Parliament Elections 2024? Take the Gender Equality Quiz! Type News article
Gender Equality Index 2023: Far From The Finish Line? Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Energy Environment and climate change Health Poverty Transport
EU gender equality reaches new milestone: is progress accelerating? Type News article Topics Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Employment Energy Environment and climate change Transport
Unpaid care: Around one third of women and men struggle to strike a work-life balance in the EU Type News article Topics Employment
More efforts needed to strengthen institutional mechanisms to promote gender equality and gender mainstreaming … any legislative driver. Countries such as Spain, Sweden, Portugal and Slovakia score well, but there is widespread … Type News article
The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced gender inequalities as women took on more of the intensified informal care and housework demands Type News article
GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs
EU research shows COVID-19 poised to end progress on gender equality … up most with the EU average. In Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal, the Index increased by more than 7.5 points. Among … Type News article
Quotas can turbocharge progress on gender balance in politics and business … on boards in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Portugal. Greece and the Netherlands also have quotas, but … Type News article Topics Economic and financial affairs
Covid-19 wave of violence against women shows EU countries still lack proper safeguards Type News article Topics Health Justice Violence
What lies behind the gender pay gap? … the gender pay gap is slowly reducing but in Malta, Portugal and Slovenia, the gap has increased by more than 3.0 … Type News article
Achieving gender-balance in national parliaments would take another 12 years Type News article Topics Regional policy
Female genital mutilation is illegal in Malta but girls are not safe Type News article Topics Health Youth Violence
Girls in Cyprus are at risk of female genital mutilation Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration
Girls in Greece are at risk of female genital mutilation Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration
Is female genital mutilation a problem for the EU? Type News article Topics Violence Health Youth Migration
Meet Ms. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo … 2004, it was nothing less than an era coming to an end in Portugal. Hers was the century of women being excluded from … generations to come being the first female president in Portugal and only the second woman to become head of state in … Type News article