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  • Gender Equality Index 2025: Questions and answers from the sessions

    … Why does the European Institute for Gender Equality promote a view of inequality for women in the field of education in Latvia? Are there not equal … quite a high level of educational and professional gender segregation in these fields, generally resulting in women …

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  • Out with the old, in with the new

    … In a scene setter for the 2025 Gender Equality Index event at … impact gender stereotypes have on our lives. From the media to the world of business, to the caring economy and to …

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  • Example - Area 2

    … working procedures Domain 1: Parliamentarians’ capacity in parliament Measures that can be adopted in this domain Apply gender balance measures to the procedure of assigning … parties on the importance of: addressing horizontal segregation by increasing the participation of women and men …

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  • Example - Area 1

    … system/procedures and quotas Measures that can be adopted in this domain Conduct research or launch an inquiry on … and men that experience intersecting inequalities based on gender interacting with age, socioeconomic situation, … of women and men in different occupations (horizontal segregation) [7] and the concentration of women and men in …

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic aggravates and brings forth health inequalities

    … In the early summer of 2021, most EU countries were … of the pandemic on health: poor mental health, a rise in gender-based violence and the provision of SRH services in a … in low-level positions, such as nurses, and occupational segregation is a key reason why women nurses leave the …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2021 highlights

    … Main findings The Gender Equality Index score for the EU is 68.0 points out of … 0.6 points since the 2020 edition and of only 4.9 points in total since 2010. Even that minimal progress on gender … subdomain of participation has slowed, and strong gender segregation in the labour market continues. This is …

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  • EU research shows COVID-19 poised to end progress on gender equality

    … the COVID-19 crisis threaten to roll back recent progress in gender equality, including an overall trend of upward … equality, and contribute to future disparities: 'Gender segregation in the labour market has left women …

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  • New forms of work and flexible working practices in the context of the ICT sector and platform work

    … For several decades, advances in digitalisation have been associated with two closely … other, more stable jobs. These changes can affect gender equality both positively and negatively. On the one … in the EU. Many different factors contribute to gender segregation in the ICT sector (see subsection 9.1.3), …

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  • 10. Conclusions

    … Progress towards gender equality in the EU remains slow. The Gender Equality Index score in … availability and quality of childcare, and tackling gender segregation. Following the COVID-19 crisis, it will be …

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  • Highlights of the Gender Equality Index 2020

    … Main findings The overall Gender Equality Index score for the EU in 2018 is 67.9 points, showing the urgent need for progress … in women’s employment, with barely any change to gender segregation in the EU labour market. The prospect of further …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2020: Can we wait 60 more years?

    … the EU is at least 60 years away from reaching complete gender equality, if we continue at the current pace. The … to design inclusive solutions that promote gender equality in our society, both during and after the pandemic,” said … soon slow down unless other countries start to catch up. Segregation holds us back One of the biggest problems holding …

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  • Highlights of the Gender Equality Index 2019

    … 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 (out of 100) in 2015 to 67.4 in 2017, the EU still has a lot of room for … the progress between 2015 and 2017. The persistent gender segregation in different fields of study in tertiary …

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  • 10. Conclusions

    … Gender Equality Index 2019 Domain of work The domain of work, … with a score of 72.0, keeps the third-highest position in the Gender Equality Index. This score spotlights the … to the major challenges that remain. In particular, the segregation and quality of work sub-domain, with a score as …

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  • 6. Domain of power

    … vote and to be elected, and they held pioneering positions in national decision-making bodies (European Parliament, … at all territorial levels often fails to reflect the gender diversity of the population they represent, with women … More recently, EU actions to tackle vertical (gender) segregation in companies, sectors and occupations form a key …

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  • Entrepreneurship

    … Relevance of gender in the policy area Entrepreneurship plays an important role … social support and networking education and occupational segregation competing demands on time (double burden of home …

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  • Training media-savvy women experts

    … In brief VIDM ( Vaker in de media – More often in the media) … to give them an understanding of how news is made, and how gender imbalances develop. The courses teach women how to … marked as typically feminine. It thus combats the segregation of women into a limited range of issues and …

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    Netherlands
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  • KVINFO Expert Database

    … In brief KVINFO is the Danish Centre for Information on … of fields. The database clearly aims to counter women’s segregation into ‘pink issues' and has the potential to …

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    Denmark
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    • Culture
  • French media sign up for equal airtime

    … In brief In 2013, key French media organisations representing … a lot of progress has been made in France in terms of gender equality, significant gender gaps persist including a 20% gender pay gap, horizontal and vertical segregation, and an over-representation of women in low-paid, …

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    France
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  • Irish current affairs programme gives women an equal place

    … In brief Tonight with Vincent Browne , a late evening current … by TV3 in Ireland, decided in 2012 to bring in a policy of gender parity – meaning that half of the experts interviewed … of women experts in the topics of hard news. It combats segregation by increasing women’s voice in those domains that …

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    Ireland
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  • Culture

    … Relevance of gender in the policy area Culture can be defined as the systems of … context. For instance, the horizontal and vertical gender segregation of the labour market is an example of structural …

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