… Decision-making in the finance sector is largely dominated by men. Men take important decisions that influence overall economic development, monetary stability, employment and growth — all factors which touch the lives of women and men in different ways. Challenging these gender …
… Getting more women into STEM (science, technology, engineering and … education will have a positive impact on economic growth in the European Union. However, despite good employment … jobs in this area, there is currently a low proportion of women studying and graduating in STEM subjects. A study from …
… which the European Union is founded, and equality between women and men is one of the Union’s essential aims. To … Union has adopted an approach of mainstreaming this topic in all policies. In spite of a clear commitment to gender equality as a common …
… The gender gap in pensions can be understood as the sum of gender inequalities over a lifetime, including differences in the lifecourse (motherhood penalty), segregated labour … preparation of Council Conclusions. Facts and figures on women and men in the EU …
… for Gender Equality (EIGE). Two years on from the launch in 2013, EIGE has built a time series of the Index covering … and health – and two satellite domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities. It is based on EU policy … highlights the unequal division of unpaid work between women and men in the private sphere, which remains the …
… Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union … developed to achieve this needs to be evaluated. The development and dissemination of EU-wide, comparable and … to this better monitoring and assessment of progress in the EU. To supplement these, the creation of a composite …
… most severe forms of gender inequality. This issue affects women disproportionally as it is directly connected to the … to better informed decision-making and supports policy development. EIGE’s work EIGE has carried out two studies on the costs of gender-based violence in the European Union. The most recent study provides updated …
… EIGE plays a leading role in providing information and research on prevalence of female … as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between women and men and constitutes an extreme form of …