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      In October EIGE releases its annual Gender Equality Index updating on the progress of gender equality in the EU. In this year’s Index edition, EIGE also makes links between gender equality and the European Green Deal exploring how the progress in gender equality can support the green transition. This year the Index conference is extended with two webinars taking a...

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    • Sharing the load: who invests more time and energy in childcare?

      Between women and men in the EU, there’s a greater balance of childcare. But there isn’t when it comes to the type of task according to EIGE’s latest evidence. The distribution of unpaid childcare between women and men is moving in the right direction. EIGE’s evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities...

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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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    • Sexism at work: How can we stop it?

      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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      24 Nov 2020
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    • What does it take to achieve gender equality? – 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?

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      27 Feb 2023
    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      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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      07 Feb 2023
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    • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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      Publication date
      03 Mar 2023
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      We look back on the key achievements and reflections from our decade of cooperation with EU pre-accession countries.

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Definition of equality between women and men

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  • EU regulations

    … instruments, which oblige them to combat violence against women as a human rights violation, and as a specific … 2011 Council Conclusions on the European Pact for Gender Equality for the period 2011–2020 reaffirm the EU's … statistical data and the exchange of good practices between Member States to be of high importance. The European …

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  • EU gender equality leaders celebrate 10 years of EIGE

    … Today in Vilnius, Lithuania, EU leaders on gender equality are marking a decade since the European Institute … their thoughts on how the Institute can help make equality between women and men a reality.   EIGE was set up to help the EU …

  • Delivering pension justice for our daughters and sons—so they don’t pay tomorrow for today’s inequalities

    … Working women earn on average 13% less than men for doing the same … while shocks to our economy threaten fragile gender equality gains. Lower wages in turn lead to less social … Scheele. In the EU, the unemployment rate for women between the ages of 15-29 rose from 11% in 2019 to 12% in …

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  • Employment

    … While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, … greater employment rates, which remained relatively stable between 2008 and 2012. In parallel, there has been a gradual … between women and men is a useful measure from a gender equality perspective. It is both derived from, and …

  • About - DGS

    … statistics and information on various aspects of (in)equality between women and men. The main purpose of this database is: To build …

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  • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Operational Programmes

    … of its results. Checklist with questions on gender equality Does the strategy build on a gender-sensitive … strategy include words such as equality, equity, gender, women, men, girls, boys, sex, age, race, ethnicity and/or … of results will include potential differences in results between women and men? If not, consider specifying these …

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  • ESF+

    … to employment status. Questions and examples of gender equality indicators Questions for gender equality indicators What are the underlying causes of women’s and men’s employment statuses? In all Member States … among women in comparison with men The above disaggregated between women and men with/without children Disaggregate …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
  • Domain of money

    … resources remained, overall, still more restricted for women than for men. According to Eurostat, in the EU in 2019, … of economic independence remaining far lower than men’s, and the feminisation of poverty is a serious concern for the … and the unequal distribution of unpaid childcare between women and men make it harder for women to commit more …

  • The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced gender inequalities as women took on more of the intensified informal care and housework demands

    … Between June and July 2021, EIGE conducted an online survey on gender equality and the socio-economic consequences resulting from … between changes in unpaid and paid work for women and men during the pandemic, the role of government …

  • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Partnership Agreements

    … View the checklist with questions on gender equality Does the justification of the selected policy … InvestEU; coordination, demarcation and complementarities between the funds; where appropriate, coordination between … the main results connected to advancing the equality of women and men in all their diversity (which means considering …

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  • Poverty

    … unsafe environments. Gender differences and inequalities between women and men are a major feature of social exclusion and … The European Parliament Resolution of 8 March 2011 on equality between women and men in the EU  asserts the need …

  • More equal sharing of care would reduce workplace gender inequality

    … There is a direct link between the unequal division of un­paid care in households … according to a study by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing un­paid care several days a week – …

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  • EIGE will launch a Gender Equality Index for Europe in June 2013

    … Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union and is …

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  • Opening speech of the Gender Equality Index 2020 press conference

    … delivered this speech for the press at EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2020 conference on 29 October 2020.  Thank you … 1 to 100, with a score of 100 signifying full equality between women and men. The Index also looks at intersecting …

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  • 65 years of milestones show the way ahead to a more gender equal Europe 

    … with the European Union at a crossroads for gender equality.  There’s never been a more important time to … pay to the principle of fully-fledged equal treatment between women and men in all their diversity.   EU milestones on the …

  • Covid-19 and gender equality

    … remarks the event on Covid-19 and its impact on gender equality organised by Luxembourg's Ministry for Equality Between Women and Men on 7 March 2022. She emphasised the need to put …

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  • Examples of situations where women may be subject to invisibility or omission and alternatives to use

    … to travel abroad often. This places a heavy burden on him and his family. Change the sentence to a plural. Use his/her … and their families. Under the law, all men are equal. Use women and men or people . Under the law, all women and men … person for the job. This house is located in no man's land between two villages. Remove the gendered noun, use unclaimed …

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  • Annex 2: The EU’s gender equality legal and policy framework

    … all Member States. Treaties are legally binding agreements between Member States that set out EU objectives, rules for … relationship between the EU and its Member States [2] . Equality between women and men is recognised by the EU as a fundamental …

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  • Transport and public infrastructure

    … Women rely more on public infrastructure for work—life … in social and economic activities. The complex interplay between mobility, out-of-home activities, care … relevant to the analysis of work—life balance and gender equality. The existing literature provides much evidence on …

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