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    • Platform work: Has flexibility become a cover story?

      The platform work economy comes with great strengths. The ability to work where you want and how you want is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career path.

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      16 May 2023
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    • Are you ready to take #3StepsForward for gender equality?

      Achieving equality between women and men makes everyone better off. We have come a long way, but there’s still more to do. Let’s shape an economy where gender equality, social fairness and prosperity go hand in hand. #3StepsForward is how policymakers, business leaders and individuals can unite to build a fairer future. We all have a role to play. Join our #3StepsForward campaign and do your part!

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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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      18 Oct 2022
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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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      03 Mar 2023
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  • Europe 2020 employment target unlikely to be achieved without increased employment of women

    … The Europe 2020 strategy set an overall EU employment rate target of 75 % [1] , which was then translated into … employment target since 2010, with the overall employment rate growing from 69 % in 2010 to 73 % in 2018 (Figure 7). … COVID-19 crisis. Figure 7. Europe 2020 target – employment rate (% of people aged 20–64), EU, 2018 The overall progress …

  • Youth

    … On average in the EU-27, the early school leaving rate is 15.3% for young men and 11.6% for young women, with … Young women are at high risk of unemployment and inactivity and are one of the especially vulnerable social … likely to be out of the labour force (or inactive). The inactivity component for women aged 15 – 24, even though it …

  • Using the media to encourage women to work

    …   I can   Malta has a low female employment participation rate and the highest female inactivity rate within the EU. There is a deeply-ingrained … and financial independence for women, as opposed to either inactivity or dependency on social benefits. It consisted of …

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  • Reconciliation of work and family life as a condition of equal participation in the labour market

    … of parental leave and part-time working, and higher inactivity rates. The results of the study showed the need to …

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  • What lies behind the gender pay gap?

    … than men. In Italy, where the gap is 5.0 %, the employment rate for women is 53.1 % compared to 72.9 % for men. In … such as in Germany and Estonia, where the employment rate for women is 75.8 % and 75.6 % respectively compared to … of highly educated women in employment is 86.4 %. This rate is much higher than the 32.0 % employment rate for women …

  • Hard-to-reach groups would benefit most from adult learning

  • Almost 23 million children in the EU are poor: For every additional child, a woman’s risk of falling into poverty increases

    … Women with children have a relatively low employment rate. Only half (55 %) of women with three or more children … exclusion in 2014. There is a very large gender gap in the inactivity of women and men born outside the EU (39 % of …

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  • Parental-leave policies

    … of previous taxable income, be paid at a low flat rate similar to social assistance or be unpaid. No payment … parental leave Across the EU-28, unemployment or economic inactivity is the main reason for ineligibility (78 % of … Patterns of ineligibility are different for women and men. Inactivity or unemployment are more prevalent among women …

  • Lifetime pay inequalities fall on older women

    … Bulgaria and Lithuania. Figure 16: At-risk-of-poverty rate among older people, by women and men, and EU Member … In all Member States the severe material deprivation rate of women with disabilities is also higher than that of …

  • Enduring burden of care perpetuates inequalities for women

    … career progression, it is the primary reason for economic inactivity or part-time work. As much as 10 % of women, …

  • Informal care of older people, people with disabilities and long-term care services

    … LTC in the EU [4] . At EU level, the informal LTC rate for older people and/or people with disabilities was … and by 19 p.p. less than men carers. Men’s employment rate in this age group is high, regardless of their … of participation, and (A) the gender gap informal LTC rate (Indicator 3, 18+) and (B) the gender gap in the …

  • 2. Domain of work

    … gender inequalities (EIGE, 2020a). The employment rate of women is still significantly below that of men [1] . …

  • Unprecedented impact of COVID-19 calls for gender-sensitive policies and research

    … smoking and alcohol consumption, and worse than physical inactivity and obesity (Holt-Lunstad et al., 2010). There is …

  • Employment

    … consider and integrate gender. While women’s activity rate has increased during the past years, men’s activity rate … frequency of part-time work as well as a higher rate of inactivity for women (‘inactivity’ refers to the percentage of persons who are …

  • Gender-based violence enabled by digital technology: a new occupational hazard?

  • Grave risk of poverty is the harsh reality for older women and every second lone mother

    … with 8 % of men) [3] . Figure 10. At risk of poverty rate by sex, family composition, age, education level, … is often associated with a combination of unemployment or inactivity, low work intensity at household level, low …

  • The economic tolls of gender-based violence

    … Gender Equality Index, which is a benchmark for the EU’s rate of progress, includes a core domain to measure gender …

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  • Subsidy programme launches 3,300 new women’s businesses

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  • 100th International Women’s Day - 100 Inequalities remain

    … boards. On average, in the EU, women’s unemployment rate remains higher than men’s ". Removing barriers to gender … Download the Press release (.pdf, 61.1KB) 1. In 2009, the rate of employment for women in the EU was 12.1 percentage points lower than the same rate for men in employment [ 1 ]. 2. 31% of employed women in …

  • Flexible working arrangements

    … are sorted in the ascending order of women’s transition rate from part-time to full-time jobs. The largest gender …

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