… However, this target does not directly acknowledge the gender dimension of poverty and looks unlikely to be met; … to support the broad poverty-related goals by targeted gender-sensitive measures. The recent efforts of the Commission to address the gender pension gap present a positive example in this context, but …
… identified in 1995 remain relevant today (such as the gender pay gap, unequal distribution of unpaid work or experiences of gender-based violence, to name just a few). This report …
… A new vision for a gender-equal Europe was announced today by Vera Jourova, … Commissioner for Equality, when they unveiled the EU’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020 - 2025. Priorities include … This is a major cause of the EU’s 16 % gender pay gap. On average, women do an extra 13 hours of unpaid work …
… Gender differences and inequalities between women and men are … A range of interrelated factors explain this, namely: the gender pay and pension gap, care burden/work–life balance, social exclusion and …
… to women’s labour market participation. However, deep gender gaps persist as a result of discriminatory norms and … and the failure of institutions to integrate gender into policymaking. The biggest gender gaps in the labour market relate to the rate of …
… Main findings The EU keeps moving towards gender equality at a snail’s pace. While the Gender Equality Index score for the EU rose from 66.2 points … declined as the EU’s average increased, widening the gap. Domain of work With a total EU-28 score of 72.0 points, …
… advisory supports The project addressed the financing gap of women-led enterprises by creating tailored solutions … impetus to women-led SMEs and contributed to closing the gendergap in doing business. Among the borrowers analysed, … project. The third component of the project promoted ‘gender-responsive banking’ among the partner banks through …
… clout of radical right-wing voices, and a sense of 'gender fatigue' have impacted EU governments' commitment to gender equality. New research from EIGE shows that Member … and men. WATCH: Power Up conference live “Progress on gender equality cannot be taken for granted,” said Virginija …
… tool adds a ‘coefficient on the calculation of support for gender equality objectives’. As managing authorities are required to indicate the gender equality dimension of their programme in advance ( ex … After looking at the intervention codes and the suggested gender code for these in Annex 1, each intervention field …
… violence and save lives, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has developed a risk assessment guide … women and kick-off the ‘16 days of activism against gender-based violence' campaign, important monuments around … women victims of intentional homicide. Read more in EIGE’s Gender Equality Index 2019 . …
… The gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16 % and has barely changed in the last decade. In most EU countries, the gender pay gap is slowly reducing but in Malta, Portugal and Slovenia, …
… A catalyst for gender equality in the making Policy debates on work—life … to care responsibilities. It can be a catalyst for greater gender equality provided both women and men can access it … well below the Europe 2020 target (Figure 66). The gendergap of 2 p.p. in favour of women was evident among …
… reduction reveals a general aspiration to close the gap between desired and actual working hours, with a fifth of … 2018; Plantenga et al., 2010; Wheatley, 2017), gender differences on their actual usage remain highly … according to job sectors, providing a distinct link to gender segregation in the labour market. Figure 59: …