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    • Gender equality @ COP28: a newsfeed

      EIGE is attending COP28 to highlight the connection between gender equality and the environment. And to raise awareness about the need to incorporate a gender perspective into climate-related policies. Follow along as Dennis Van Der Veur, EIGE's Head of Outreach and Engagement, shares his insights in regular updates in this newsfeed. 05/12/2023 Yesterday was ‘gender day’ at COP28. Several events...

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    • COP28 and beyond: Five tips for gender-inclusive climate reporting

      Hectares of newsprint and hours of screentime are dedicated to COP28. It’s little surprise as the calls for action on climate change and gender equality grow ever more urgent. So, how can journalists cut through the noise? How can they report smarter, share the best information faster and tell stories that have a lasting impact? “Good journalism is crucial for...

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    • Gender Equality Index 2023: Towards a green transition in transport and energy

      The Gender Equality Index 2023 presents the EU in relation to gender equality amid crises and uncertainties. In recent years, the world has been hit by repeated shocks and multiple crises. What remains constant is the fact that when crisis strikes, women and girls suffer disproportionally. The crises and shocks continuously threaten to create new challenges and reverse years of...

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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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      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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    • 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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    • 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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Definition of pay gap

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  • Stakeholders

    … supporting work–life balance; and tackling the gender pay gap. In 2014 the Social Partners launched an online ' Toolkit …

    English
  • Austria

    … are concerned? Are any impacts on the gender pay gap expected? Does the new law have other relevant impacts on …

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    Austria
    Topics
    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Employment
    • Justice
  • Time to talk about education: ‘How can more women in STEM boost the Lithuanian economy?’

    … existing gender stereotypes; Such trends re-enforce gender pay gap ; Study shows that the price tag for this problem at the …

    Date & time
    21 Sep 2017, 10:45 EEST - 21 Sep 2017, 12:00 EEST Europe/Vilnius
  • Interface3

    … The goal is to contribute towards closing the gender gap in ICT. Interface3 interacts with a number of enterprises … incorporating women into the ICT sector, a gender ICT gap still remains in Europe. European women do not take up … or educational level taking time to close the technology gap having women as ICT teachers, or at least gender parity …

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    Belgium
    Topics
    • Poverty
  • Area 3: Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda

    … that certain gender issues have been addressed, including pay equity for women, balancing work and family, specific … it also shows how welfare systems help to close the gender gap. In analysing the relative economic situation of women … mobility and recruitment. Efforts to prevent unwarranted pay differences are presented in the administration’s salary …

  • Self-assessment, scoring and interpretation of parliament gender-sensitivity

    … is often context-dependent. For example, the gender pay gap may be a common women’s interest in the EU, while in … referring to women, such as reproductive rights, equal pay, violence against women, education, women’s health, …

  • The economy of the future: How can the EU ensure gender equality?

    … inequalities are not news to anyone here today. The gender pay gap, low numbers of women in engineering and computer … software, which deducts ‘low productivity time’ from pay. This kind of software poses a particular threat to those …

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    • Digital agenda
    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Employment
    • Health
  • Belgium

    … combating violence against women, closing the gender pay gap, and counteracting stereotypes [2] . The Flemish … High-Level Task Force that prepared a Gender Action Plan (GAP) for Higher Education for Flemish universities in 2014. …

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

    … or social exclusion in 2014. There is a very large gender gap in the inactivity of women and men born outside the EU …

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    • Poverty
    • Employment
  • Study and work in the EU: set apart by gender

    … their gender. Women often end up in part-time jobs that pay less and have a lower social status. Fewer economic … in health and welfare across the EU. Narrowing the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics …

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  • There is always room for further analysis on gender equality to expand our field of vision

    … economic gains. The introduction of the principle of equal pay for female and male workers in the Treaty of Rome in 1957 …

  • United Kingdom

    … is in the process of developing a Gender Action Plan (GAP) for all publically funded colleges and universities in … a key effort to drive gender equality in the sector.  The GAP will be implemented on a phased basis, starting autumn … which is comprised of money reclaimed through Statutory Pay Credits and a contribution from University funds. The …

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    Non EU countries
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  • Sexism at work

    … Professions and pay The perception that women and men have different skills … gender segregation is partly responsible for the gender pay gap , as fields dominated by men tend to be more highly paid …

  • Connecting and disconnecting and work-life balance

    … But it’s also true in so called ‘normal times’. The gender pay gap, women’s lower pensions…it’s all linked to the fact that …

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    • Employment
  • Gender Equality and You

    … and updates.   Footnotes:    1 . Eurostat, (2018). Gender pay gap statistics. Available here   2. EIGE’s calculation, … microdata (no data for MT). 5. EIGE, (2015). Gender gap in pensions in the EU: Research note to the Latvian …

    Date & time
    11 Oct 2018, 14:30 CEST - 12 Oct 2018, 17:30 CEST Europe/Vienna
  • Transport and public infrastructure

    … on the same footing as men, in turn increasing the gender pay gap and women’s risk of economic dependency and poverty … of gender gaps in commuting time. ‘Somewhat more’: gender gap 2-5 minutes. ‘Notably more’: > 5 minutes. * Estonia is …

  • Training in gender impact assessments

    … it to provide better services at lower cost.   Gender pay gap    Vantaa is a municipality on the outskirts of Helsinki … gender differences among them, especially in relation to pay, with the average woman’s pay being considerably lower …

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    Finland
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  • Flexible working arrangements

    … reduction reveals a general aspiration to close the gap between desired and actual working hours, with a fifth of … substantial financial impacts, including gender gaps in pay. In a few Member States (SE, DK, NL), both women and men … in part-time employment in the EU, with ensuing pay consequences, only 23 % of women (compared to 36 % of …

  • The importance of active listening to help galvanise the youth to be architects of change

    … increase in unemployment during the pandemic.    Also, the pay gap still exists and now, persists – and then widens with …

  • Gender Equality Index 2022: Gender Equality under Threat, Specific Groups Hardest Hit

    … to improve gender balance on corporate boards, to have pay transparency, and to put an end to violence against women … on a typical weekday caring for young children. The gender gap in time-intensive housework also widened during the …

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