… of EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele at the International Women’s Leadership Forum on Women, Peace and Security 20 Years after UN Resolution 1325, … story in shaping the peace and security agenda is still a young one. And while the situation requires a lot more work, …
… is online, it can simply be ignored or shrugged off. Women who are harassed or stalked online are frequently told … offline spheres are not separate spaces at all. For one, women and girls who have experienced sexual harassment, … media platforms. This is particularly important because young girls tend to be very active users, and at the same …
… reminded us just how difficult and dangerous it is for the women who live with a violent partner. The important matter … Levels of precarious work are particularly high among youngwomen, women with low qualifications and migrant … job either temporarily (23%) or permanently (5%), with young men most affected. Half of those in work are also …
… of the European Union on 5 March 2021. With International Women’s Day just around the corner, and the EU set to roll … think about how their plans will impact equality between women and men. However, gender equality should not only be … work-life balance conflicts, especially for women with young children aged 0-5 years. The situation for lone parents …
… or indeed re gressed -- when it comes to equality between women and men in recent history. With all this data, we … we look at every aspect of gender equality, from how much women and men earn at work to who sits on the boards of … not seek help when they need to, with tragic consequences. Youngwomen develop eating disorders because they are …
… for higher rates of mental health problems among girls and youngwomen may be related to permanent concerns over physical … eating disorders commonly emerge during adolescence and young adulthood, and they mostly affect girls (WHO, 2020a). …
… Men are less likely to seek help for mental health than women [1] . Young men are among the least likely to ask for help from … help. It may disproportionately affect minority groups, young people, men, and those working in the military and …
… and power imbalances adversely affect the mental health of women and men victims (Bhui, 2018). For example, exposure to … violence heightens the risk of suicide among youth and young adults (Miranda-Mendizabal et al., 2019). Since women are more likely to face gender-based violence and power …
… hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Across the EU, women have consistently higher rates of internalising … the most common sources of disease burden in children and young people, particularly adolescent girls (Baranne and … Analysis of GBD [1] data shows that in 2019 36.7 million women and 34.1 million men aged over 20 years in the EU …
… addressed. Understanding how poor mental health affects women and men, and the role that gender norms and relations … chronic stressors and often neglect their own health (Young et al., 2020). Research in Europe shows that being a … The gender gap for good mental health is highest among young adults aged 18–24 years, with men scoring 74 points and …
… status of a population (Johnson et al., 2020). On average, women in the EU are expected to live until 84 years of age, … more likely than women to die from suicide, although more youngwomen than young men attempt suicide (Miranda-Mendizabal et al., 2019) …
… COVID-19 deadlier for men, ‘long COVID’ more likely for women There are considerable variations in how data is … risk before and during the pandemic are near identical – young adults, women, people with lower education or income, … across most social groups in the EU. Among both young men and women, there was a 13-p.p. increase. The …
… of the ICPD in Cairo and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995), governments and advocates have … 24 years (ECDC, 2020a), but social stigma can result in youngwomen often avoiding chlamydia testing (Balfe et al., … role in preventing the spread of chlamydia. A study of young Swedish men tested for STDs revealed a variety of …
… social determinant of health, shaping and reproducing how women and men engage in health behaviour. Research often … ages of 50 and 64 years. The biggest gender gaps are among young adults (16–24 years) and elderly people (75+ years). In … (Giustino et al., 2020) suggests that this is because young men rely more on outdoor and team sports, which were …
… While violence affects all women, some groups face a higher risk (EIGE, 2020a). The 2019 … in online harassment and abuse, particularly against youngwomen and girls . In the EU, 13 % of women have overall … prevalent, at 25 % (FRA, 2021). Consequently, girls and youngwomen (aged 15–18 years) considerably restrict what …
… work for parents (see Chapter 4) affected families with young children the most (Eurofound, 2021b). As a result, … unpaid care duties has caused acute work–life tensions for women and men (Craig and Churchill, 2020; EIGE, 2020b, 2020g, … particularly fathers who lost jobs and men in couples with women in essential work (EIGE, 2021c), the impact has been …
… and other chronic conditions [1] . About 91 % of women with children spend at least an hour per day on … are among those aged 18–24 years (20 p.p.), only 19 % of young men spend an hour on cooking and housework a day, compared with 39 % of youngwomen (Figure 15). As most young people of this age …
… in its gendered impacts across the sectors of employment. Women are over-represented among ‘essential’ workers, … to, for example, particularly high burnout levels among women healthcare workers with children younger than 12 years, … lost their job, EIGE research (2021c) shows that it was youngwomen, aged 15–24 years, who fared worst in the first …
… in health Gender differences in health status Overall, women tend to report worse health than men. In the 27 Member … contraceptives introduce barriers to SRHR, especially for young people. Laws, policies and comprehensive sexuality … across the EU, especially for vulnerable groups such as youngwomen and migrants. Severe gender data gaps persist in …
… unpaid care during the COVID-19 crisis – particularly by women – has put a spotlight on long-standing gender … different degrees, both overall and in the extent to which women and men are relatively affected, greater divergence on … 2010. Although educational attainment is increasing among youngwomen and men, more significant progress in this domain …