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
Apply to become our Seconded National Expert: Gender-based Violence! The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 1 invites applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications will begin on 5 April 2024 and will close on 13 May 2024 at 13:30 Eastern European Time (EET). The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE... Type Seconded national experts Ref. number EIGE/2024/SNE/GBV Published date 03 Apr 2024 Closing date 13 May 2024, 13:30 Europe/Vilnius
Gender Equality Plan development and implementation Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Tool 2: Overview of the legislative, regulatory and policy frameworks relevant for GRPP in the 27 EU Member States … promote GRPP No support structures exist to promote GRPP Slovakia Public procurement law explicitly mentions gender … Type Toolkit page Topics Economic and financial affairs
The main causes of premature mortality are gendered … to a difference of 10 years – in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia (OECD/European Union, 2020). Similarly, studies show … Type Toolkit page
A dearth of evidence hampers true assessment of violence against women … for Czechia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia or Sweden. Data related to the number of women … Type Toolkit page
COVID-19 lowers life expectancy for men and birth rates … populated countries – Czechia, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Slovakia – with rates ranging from 11 % in Luxembourg to 16 % … Type Toolkit page
Gender inequalities in use of time live on … The worst-performing countries were Bulgaria, Greece, Slovakia, Portugal and Romania, in that order, with scores of … Type Toolkit page
Snail-pace progress comes to a halt … in their domain score between 2018 and 2019. France, Slovakia and Latvia were the exceptions, with decreases of … Type Toolkit page
Earnings and income equality still out of reach … with an increase of just 0.2 points since 2018. Here, Slovakia ranks first and Bulgaria, once more, ranks last. … Type Toolkit page
Fragile pace of change since 2010 … are for Italy (63.7 points), Greece (65.3 points) and Slovakia (66.8 points), despite all making progress in 2019. … Type Toolkit page
Gendered patterns in use of new technologies … using the internet to search for a job in Sweden, Malta, Slovakia, Croatia and France. Participation in online … as low as 2 % in Bulgaria and 3 % in Czechia, Romania and Slovakia. The biggest gender gaps are found in the … Type Toolkit page
Lack of data obstructs monitoring of gender progress on health behaviour … 2017. Croatia (+ 2.3), Italy (+ 3.2), Hungary (+ 3.3) and Slovakia (+ 2.4) are most improved since 2010. Since 2017, … Type Toolkit page