Legal, social and cultural situation in which sex and/or gender determine different rights and dignity for women and men, which are reflected in their unequal access to or enjoyment of rights, as well as the assumption of stereotyped social and cultural roles.
… PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RESEARCH Legal framework Prior to 2020, … contribute to institutional change in mainstreaming gender equality in science and research. The key law that explicitly identifies gender equality in public life is the Law on Equal …
… women earned slightly less than their male colleagues (the gender pay gap amounted to 2 %). This result reflects the … lowest salaries. The initiative thus sought to address the gender pay gap and – to some extent - women’s and men’s different status. The elimination of the gender pay gap is one measure of the “Plan of Measures for …
… out of 100 points, Lithuania ranks 23rd in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Its score is 11.9 points lower than the EU score. Between 2005 and 2017, progress towards gender equality did not improve in Lithuania; its score … 1.3 points since 2015). Lithuania is progressing towards gender equality at a slower pace than other Member States. …
… The Gender Equality Index 2017 examines the progress and challenges in achieving gender equality across the European Union from 2005 to 2015. Using a scale from 1 (full inequality) to 100 (full equality), it measures the …