The promotion of gender equality can help unleash the talents of women, which has been proven to contribute to sustainable economic growth. There has been an increased focus on gender equality in economic and fiscal policies over the past decade, in particular in taxation, social security and labour market regulation.
In the next step, during programme implementation, the ex post screening at the level of operations will be necessary to ensure implementation and to prove the ex ante indicated contribution. Such an assessment for all implemented operations is also required by the CPR, which requires information to be provided on summarised budgets of differently categorised operations at the level of...
The presentation of national or regional programmes follows a common structure, with a logic of defining targeted priorities and chosen specific objectives – according to the EU’s overall principles and priorities. Nevertheless, a substantial variety is to be expected between programmes as to the different strengths and chances, challenges and problems faced by the Member States. As such, interventions and...
The tracking system is designed to receive overall information at the start of the programme (ex ante, step 1) and to collect more detailed information during programme implementation (ex post, step 2). Ex ante assessment: use of intervention fields displayed in Annex 1 and use of Table 1 (criteria) only for defining weight for a selected group of intervention fields...
This tool [1] presents a system to track spending on gender equality objectives within EU Cohesion policy funds 2021-2027 and more specifically the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Cohesion Fund (CF), and the Just Transition Fund (JTF). It is linked to key EU policies on gender equality, as well as to the Sustainable...
Over the last nine years, the proportion of women on the boards of the largest listed companies across the EU has more than doubled: from 12 % in October 2010, to 28 % in April 2019. The countries that introduced legislative quotas were driving the progress, but soft measures have also worked in some countries. However, gender balance has not...
A gender audit is a tool to assess and check the institutionalisation of gender equality into organisations, including in their policies, programmes, projects and/or provision of services, structures, proceedings and budgets. Gender audits allow organisations ‘to set their own houses in order, and change aspects of the organisational culture which discriminate against women staff and women “beneficiaries”’. As a method...
The gender pay gap reveals the different realities that women and men face in their professional and personal lives. Today, women across the EU earn on average, 16% less per hour than men. The biggest gap in earnings is among couples with children - showing that the financial cost of having a family falls heavily on women’s shoulders. These findings...
This research note provides an overview of the gender pay gap across the EU, with insights on how it relates to the gender gap in overall earnings and, consequently, the gender pension gap. Moreover, it explores the links between the gender pay gap and emerging policies aimed at improving work-life balance, with a focus on the role of measures put...
This report presents the main research results of the gender budgeting (GB) projects implemented by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The projects supported European Union (EU) and EU Member State policy makers and practitioners to take a consistent and systematic approach to implementing gender budgeting as the main gender mainstreaming tool within EU...
The EU’s budget can be a powerful force for growth and development. EU funds have helped transform less-developed regions and reduced inequality across the European Union. Yet a new report by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has estimated that less than 1% of the EU’s Structural and Investment Funds have been set aside for the promotion of gender...
“United in diversity” has been the motto of the European Union (EU) since the new millennium. Since its inception, the Gender Equality Index has strived to reflect this diversity. Intersecting inequalities capture how gender is manifested when combined with other characteristics such as age, dis/ability, migrant background, ethnicity, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background. An intersectional perspective highlights the complexity of...
