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... ncreasing women’s participation in the work force and closing the pay gap between women and men ... market activity and pay, which result in lower employment rates for women, potentially limiting EU growth. ...
- Policy areaPoverty
... a set of persistent gender gaps hampering women’s equal participation in this field. The gaps include areas such as: working poor ... and, on average, the difference between the employment rates for women with and without children under twelve is greater than 10 ...
14 December 2015 - Toolkit page
... the period and shows that despite the overall employment rates of women being somewhat closer to those of men [1] than FTE ... of part-time employment as well as overall labour-market participation, remained highly varied among Member States. The lowest (below or ...
- Toolkit page
... (Coffield, 2000). The EU goal only refers to participation in formal and non-formal education, as it is expected that ... States. Nordic Member States had the highest participation rates in education and training among both women and men and also the highest ...
- News article
... a lower gap can be a consequence of lower labour market participation of women. 68.2 % of women across the EU are active in the labour ... gender pay gaps, women aged 20-64 have lower employment rates than men. In Italy, where the gap is 5.0 %, the employment rate for women ...
31 October 2019 - Toolkit page
... almost entirely driven by increases in the labour market participation of women. Since 2010, the Index participation score has increased ... following changes. The gender gaps in FTE employment rates and duration of working life have reduced slightly. For example, in 2010 ...
- Toolkit page
... and working conditions. Of growing concern is a lack of participation in lifelong learning. The majority of Member States lag far ... learning addresses the challenge of raising participation rates among adults in learning activities (Council of the European Union, ...
- Women and men inspiring Europe resource-pool
... of promoting as a matter of urgency, such groups’ free participation in civil society, as a critical issue within European central ... Hungary and the Czech Republic put Roma infant mortality rates there at 2-6 times higher than those for the general population, ...
11 December 2013 - News article
... for women to engage in paid work outside the home. Low participation in the workforce is a reality for both women and men with ...
28 November 2018 - News article
... successes of Sweden, Denmark and Finland - where fathers’ participation in parental leave represents 20%, a large disparity stills looms. ... 7 %. Taking into account that certain countries’ growth rates amount to a mere 1% - this linkage is worth keeping in mind. Violence ...
23 May 2011 - Policy areaTransport
... from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., for women over 65) at discounted rates (€3 discount per journey). Women-dedicated parking areas Parcheggi ... in the labour market Despite an increase in women’s participation in the labour market in all sectors, the transport sector remains ...
05 March 2015 - Study section
... Increasing gender equality in labour market participation Indicators used to measure the economic impact of ... and Floro, 2003) Higher women’s wages increase saving rates (study on older US individuals, Rossi and Sierminska, 2014) Higher ...