… 2021. Good morning, It is good to be here today on the first day of the 2021 Orange the World campaign, launching … my former colleagues are to eradicating violence against women. One of the times this was most clear, was when the … binding and far-reaching tool to combat violence against women. We all recognised how significant this moment was for …
… be paid the same, regardless of who’s doing it. And yet, women are still paid on average 14 % less per hour than men. … and what else we should do to close the gender pay gap. First, the myriad of reasons behind the gender pay gap. Women are paid less than men because they hold less senior …
… To make sure we are not missing something, we need to hear first-hand whether girls are being cut in secret. By talking … are also able to hear how well EU countries are supporting women who have already been cut. This is the only way we … continue to be a part of visiting the doctor for some women. And while taking to communities, we heard over and …
… of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on 17 March 2021. The event was organised by … European Union, the European Commission and the European Women’s Lobby. I want to start with a mental exercise. Let’s … completely. Out of people who were unemployed in the first quarter of 2020, on average 40 % of women stopped …
… In the EU, 95 % of domestic cleaners and helpers are women. When it comes to those who provide professional care at home, 83 % are women. And that’s just the figures that are declared. I am … some places of the labour market, we could be seeing the first winds of change. We recently conducted a study that has …
… and it is crucial that related policy decisions serve women and men equally. To make that happen, women need to be adequately represented in decision-making … the proportion of women is the highest since data was first collected in 2012 (19.2 %). Within the national …
… 2010 and 2018. This domain covers the representation of women and men in a range of the highest decision-making … as a major driving point. At national level, Sweden ranked first in advancing gender equality throughout the entire … the pandemic taking a heavy and disproportionate toll on women’s employment and increasing the time required for …
… In the lead up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, the European Institute for Gender … counsellors, the effects of the pandemic have hit women the hardest. Severe job losses in women-dominated professions During the first wave of the pandemic, employment for women reduced by …
… Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. Employed women also do more than their fair share of unpaid care work. … at the family level and accessible, quality care services. First, we need changes at the household level, so that an …
… assesses the measures each EU country took to protect women during the pandemic and shows how governments can amplify the role of people witnessing violence. “Women usually face the most danger from people they know. … can learn from the positive action taken during the first wave of the pandemic -- as well as the shortcomings . …
… EIGE has published its latest data on women and men in decision-making across the EU, in the seven … listed companies Key findings Politics Men still outnumber women in parliaments across Europe In November 2019, two … Malta or Slovakia has had a woman leader since the first data collection in 2011. The same is true of all IPA …
… the EU, Albania and Montenegro, have released their first Gender Equality Indices, identifying inequalities … average of 51.9. This reflects the high representation of women in political and economic bodies. However there is … a long way to go in the domain of time, with 51.1 % of women caring for children or grandchildren, older people or …
… score in the domain of power by having a high number of women members in the parliament, supported by a 17-year-old … gender quota. There is also a solid representation of women in decision-making positions in research funding … and national broadcasting institutions. “The first national Gender Equality Index presents an opportunity …
… about the gender pay gap and the economic situation of women across the EU, mainly based on data from 2018: A low … be a consequence of lower labour market participation of women. 68.2 % of women across the EU are active in the labour … under-represented in decision-making positions: in the first half of 2019, on average, women accounted for only 6.9 …
… progress. This has been mainly driven by the rise of women on company boards, although in just a few Member … Directive adopted this year will be a game-changer for women and men across Europe. The rules will support more … to create different pathways in people’s lives. For the first time, the Index highlights the situation of LGBTQI+ …
… Over the last nine years, the proportion of women on the boards of the largest listed companies across … later proposed a Directive with a target to reach 40 % women on boards. Despite the fact that no agreement was … on the combined boards of the companies covered; a figure first reached in October 2016 following the adoption of a 40 …
… work-life balance. The Index will explore the diverse ways women and men juggle work and personal commitments, … as a dimension of work-life balance. We will see if women and men have the same opportunities to continuously … to create different pathways in people’s lives. For the first time, we will also highlight the situation of LGBT …
… The share of women in single/lower houses of national parliaments in the … years to achieve gender-balance (at least 40 % of either women or men) in national parliaments across the EU. This is … EIGE’s data tells on women in politics: 40 years after the first elections, the European Parliament is close to reaching …
… holding the lowest score in our Gender Equality Index, women remain under-represented in the kinds of … in GDP of up to €3.15 trillion by 2050. The share of women in parliament in the 28 EU member states has increased … more than doubled from 17% in 1979, when elections were first held, to 36% today. Yet the European Commission has …