… perspectives in all areas and stages of their legislation, policy and budgets, from finance to environment to research. … this still an issue? Despite positive changes in women’s employment rates and educational attainment, gender … balance in decision making roles, gender segregation in employment – the unequal distribution of men and women in the …
… leave. That’s because there are more men than women in employment, which is often a prerequisite for parental leave. … even more interestingly, sons whose mothers were in paid employment spend more time caring for their family members, …
… the leave and the financial benefits connected to it. This policy has boosted the amount of time men spend looking after … for those working in so-called ‘non-standard’ forms of employment. This includes the growing rank of gig workers in …
… in paid work than men, with 67 % of working age women in employment, compared to 79 % of men. That’s an important … aimed to have 75 % of the working age population in employment by the end of 2020. While men have surpassed this … backgrounds in the EU, and measuring the impact of policy decisions on their lives. We are also preparing a …
… equality should not only be considered in the silos of a policy, but rather it needs to be mainstreamed into every … shows that following five years of growth at EU-level, employment declined for both women and men in all EU Member … less women than men in the labour market to begin with, employment declined for both groups by 2.4 %. Rising …
… that gender equality is a cross-cutting issue in all policy areas and should be always considered in decisions … shows, long-standing gender inequalities [such as lower employment rates of women, gender pay gap] in the economy … forms of unpaid work largely contribute to the fact that employment rates of men (78 %) have surpassed the Europe 2020 …
… in 2017, aims to promote initiatives to increase female employment and equal opportunities in the transport sector. … or 2021 depending on the precise topic: National transport policy is mostly decided by men National governments across … in the parliamentary committees tasked with considering policy issues and scrutinising government action in relation …
… hot topic across the globe and it is crucial that related policy decisions serve women and men equally. To make that … Member States, the parliamentary committees that consider policy issues and scrutinise government action in relation to … men. In the national ministries that implement government policy in environment and climate change, women account for …
… on gender equality, as well as haphazard implementation of policy measures demonstrated to improve levels of gender equality, are detailed in the new policy brief Upward convergence in gender equality: How close … taking a heavy and disproportionate toll on women’s employment and increasing the time required for caring …
… work-life balance initiatives can help to boost women’s employment and close the gender pay gap, but only if both … to reduce the gender pay gap includes a variety of policy options to combat pay inequalities. These include …