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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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      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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      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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Definition of gender pay gap

Percentage of men’s earnings and represents the difference between the average gross hourly earnings of female and male employ­ees.

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  • Pay transparency: The next step to end the gender pay gap

    … Scheele delivered this speech at a public hearing on pay transparency organised by the European Economic and … The EU’s founding treaty includes a commitment to end the gender pay gap. Since 1957, we’ve been signed up to the principle that …

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  • What lies behind the gender pay gap?

    … 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 …

  • Gender pay gap in ICT and platform work

    … recent policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In 2018, on average, women’s gross hourly pay …

  • Conference on the exchange of best practices on the gender pay gap

    … The gender pay gap will be the subject of a tripartite conference which will … which enterprises may implement in order to eliminate the gender pay gap and promote the principle of equal pay between …

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    29 Oct 2012, 8:30 EET - 30 Oct 2012, 17:30 EET Europe/Athens
  • Gender pay gap and policies to improve work-life balance

    … the Council of the EU, the report gives an overview of the gender pay gap across the EU. It provides insights into the gender gap …

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    • Employment
  • EHRC Equal Pay Workshop: Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Europe – Equality Body Solutions

    … National Equality bodies (NEBs) with expertise on equal pay issues to explore solutions to close the gender pay gap. The workshop gave the opportunity to share and learn …

    Date & time
    03 Mar 2011, 10:00 EET - 04 Mar 2011, 14:00 EET Europe/Athens
  • EESC online Public Hearing: Pay transparency - The next step to end the gender pay gap

    … to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and … the pay levels for workers doing the same work, as well as gender pay gap reporting obligations for big companies. The proposal …

    Date & time
    05 May 2021, 10:00 CEST - 05 May 2021, 11:30 CEST Europe/Brussels
  • Better work-life balance would shrink the gender pay gap

    … The gender pay gap reveals the different realities that women and men face … a new report published today by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). “Women are using flexible work …

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  • Tackling the gender pay gap: not without a better work-life balance

    … This research note provides an overview of the gender pay gap across the EU, with insights on how it relates to the …

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  • Gender pay gap audit and elimination – Vilnius Academy of Arts (LT)

    … women earned slightly less than their male colleagues (the gender pay gap amounted to 2 %). This result reflects the implementation …

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    Lithuania
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  • Gender pay gap audit and elimination – Vilnius Academy of Arts (LT)

    … women earned slightly less than their male colleagues (the gender pay gap amounted to 2 %). This result reflects the implementation …

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    Lithuania
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    • Employment
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  • Webinar about the importance of educational inclusion in STEM careers to close the gender pay gap

    … of educational inclusion in STEM careers to close the gender pay gap. EIGE's researcher Irene Rioboo will participate as one …

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    07 Mar 2023, 0:00 EET Europe/Vilnius
  • Information and networking meeting: projects on gender equality in economic decision making and the gender pay gap

    … meeting, bringing together all on-going projects on  gender equality in economic decision making and on the gender pay gap , funded in the framework of PROGRESS. The aim is to get …

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    20 Jun 2014, 9:00 EEST - 20 Jun 2014, 17:00 EEST Europe/Athens
  • Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the European Union: How closing the gender gaps in labour market activity and pay leads to economic growth

    … women’s participation in the work force and closing the pay gap between women and men will have a positive impact on … Despite recent improvements, there are still persistent gender gaps in labour market activity and pay, which result …

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  • Ex-ante publicity notice: Member States legal and policy measures to tackle the gender pay gap

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a low-value … States legal and policy measures to tackle the gender pay gap and to provide an evidence of successful initiatives. All …

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  • Paying the price for motherhood

    … men, various income sources, measures and breakdowns in gender gaps in pay that combine the effect of individual, household, … to 18 121 PPS. The latter increases sustained the gender gap in disposable income at 4 % to women’s disadvantage. This …

  • Live #AskTheExpert webinar: Gender equality – It’s not all about pay

    … Hot on the heels of the European Parliament’s Gender Equality week 25-29 October 2021 and to mark  European Equal Pay Day  on 10 November 2021, European Institute for Gender … will be examining the root causes of the EU’s gender pay gap. Together with  Frances Fitzgerald , Member of the …

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    10 Nov 2021, 16:00 EET - 10 Nov 2021, 17:00 EET Europe/Vilnius
  • Poverty

    … Relevance of gender in the policy area Poverty is both a cause and an … employment rate than men in all Member States, with the gap particularly pronounced in some countries. When women are … of household work, gender employment segregation, bias and pay systems, the gender pay gap and feminisation of lower …

  • Second European Equal Pay Day

    … The  European Equal Pay Day  (EEPD) is held annually and marks the  extra number …  by the European Commission on the Equal Pay Day.   Gender Pay Gap posters by the European Commission:   …

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    02 Mar 2012, 0:00 EET - 03 Mar 2012, 0:00 EET Europe/Athens
  • Delivering pension justice for our daughters and sons—so they don’t pay tomorrow for today’s inequalities

    … earn on average 13% less than men for doing the same job. Pay secrecy is helping mask deeper inequalities, while shocks to our economy threaten fragile gender equality gains. Lower wages in turn lead to less … employment, then Europe faces an even wider pensions gap within a generation. The EU is taking action by moving …

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    • Youth

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