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      As someone who cares for the environment, you know that recycling, turning down the heating and walking to work is good for the planet. Those individual acts are important on our journey to net zero. But to have a lasting impact, we need to have bigger and bolder ideas about behaviour change. “In the Gender Equality Index , we see...

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    • 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...

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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      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?

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      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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  • Youth

    … On average in the EU-27, the early school leaving rate is 15.3% for young men and 11.6% for young women, with … people aged 15 – 24, between 2008 and 2014, the employment rate for men declined by around 5.9%, while that for women declined by 3.8% (in 2014, the rate was 30.5% for women and 34.2% for men). Similar trends …

  • Gender, age and education affect workers’ access to social activities

    … activities among young workers mirrors the gap in physical activity between young women and men (19 p.p.), covered by … level, country of birth and disability, EU, 2015 Physical activity habits among adults are often established in youth. … in School-aged Children survey highlights that the overall activity levels of children in Europe tend to decline between …

  • Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the European Union: How closing the gender gaps in labour market activity and pay leads to economic growth

    … there are still persistent gender gaps in labour market activity and pay, which result in lower employment rates for … the Europe 2020 target to achieve an overall employment rate of women and men of at least 75 % by 2020. A study from …

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  • Education

    … programmes above master’s level) grew at a faster rate than the number of men graduates in the years up to … While studies on sexual violence show a greater prevalence rate among girls , further research reveals that boys are …

  • The importance of active listening to help galvanise the youth to be architects of change

    … to achieve high levels of education, the employment rate of women who have recently graduated from tertiary …

  • Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the European Union

    … gap in engineering by 4-12 % 0-13 % reduction in the activity rate gap by 2030 0-5 % reduction in the gender pay gap by … gap in engineering by 9-12 % 0-20 % reduction in the activity rate gap by 2030 0-14 % reduction in the gender pay …

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  • Poverty

    … income through employment and they have a lower employment rate than men in all Member States, with the gap particularly … over a woman’s life – from the start of professional activity to retirement – and lead to increasing gender gaps … Motherhood is negatively correlated with employment rate in the vast majority of the European Union’s 27 Member …

  • Economic hardship

    … their situation is especially concerning. Their employment rate dropped to 50 % and their chances of returning to … drop in employment for foreign born men, their employment rate stood at 68 % after the first Covid-19 lockdown period. *The employment rate is the percentage of employed persons in relation to the …

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  • Cheap loans for Croatia’s women entrepreneurs

    … and Crafts (which provides funds for interest-rate subsidies) and the Croatian Agency for SMEs and … and Crafts (which provides funds for interest-rate subsidies), and the Croatian Agency for SMEs and … Among adults, male ‘total early-stage entrepreneurial activity’ (TEA)[1] was 12%, and female 5% in 2012. In this …

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  • Hard-to-reach groups would benefit most from adult learning

  • 2. Domain of work

    … of the Europe 2020 strategy to reach a 75 % employment rate for women and men alike remains elusive for women. While their employment rate in 2018 was just above 67 %, the 79 % rate for men had already surpassed the EU goal [1] . This …

  • Adult learning stalls most when reskilling needs are greatest

  • The gender dimension in research content as a criterion for the evaluation of research proposals – Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (CZ)

    … gender balance in research teams and assigns a higher flat rate (extra points) for research organisations active in …

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  • The gender dimension in research content as a criterion for the evaluation of research proposals – Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (CZ)

    … gender balance in research teams and assigns a higher flat rate (extra points) for research organisations active in …

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  • Financial services designed for women, by women

    … to men. However women benefit from a discounted interest rate. Thanks to the WCB’s contribution, the proportion of … example, its first project was on Female Entrepreneurial Activity in Cyprus. Its findings were used in the formulation … a particular interest in enhancing women’s entrepreneurial activity. Towards this end, the bank has developed programmes …

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  • European Institute for Gender Equality step-by-step guide: research funding organisation landing page

    … to She Figures 2021 (p. 257), the funding success rate for women is still 3.9 percentage points lower than that …

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  • What lies behind the gender pay gap?

    … than men. In Italy, where the gap is 5.0 %, the employment rate for women is 53.1 % compared to 72.9 % for men. In … such as in Germany and Estonia, where the employment rate for women is 75.8 % and 75.6 % respectively compared to … of highly educated women in employment is 86.4 %. This rate is much higher than the 32.0 % employment rate for women …

  • Lifelong learning

    … participating in at least one education and training activity measured on a 4-week basis (European Commission, …

  • Examples of integrating gender equality as a horizontal principle in policy objectives and specific objectives

    … than that available to women, whereas the business default rate after 1 year was higher among male-owned businesses than …

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  • 30 years of women’s microfinance

    … allocated 70 loans totalling €240,000. Its default rate is a remarkably low 1.3%. Its success is based on the … from €1,000 to €10,000, and are provided at a low interest rate (at the moment an effective rate of 8.9% p.a.). Half the amount has to be guaranteed by a …

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