Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Economy Women still remain the main carers of children and the elderly today. In Europe, women between the ages of 25 to 44 spend three times longer than men in childcare per day. The main findings of the first EIGE Report specifically focus on the topic of...
The publication ‘Country profiles’ is a complementary publication to the main report on the Gender Equality Index. The country profiles offer a snapshot of national contexts, enhancing the usefulness of the Gender Equality Index scores and supporting their interpretation as a tool for pol icy-makers and other users. In addition, this publication contains other contextual variables that are relevant to...
The publication includes the Gender Equality Index scores for 2005, 2010 and 2012, allowing for an assessment of the progress made in the pursuit of gender equality in the EU and individual Member States over time. Moreover, the present update makes a first attempt at populating the satellite domain of violence.
Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States This publication summarises the report ‘Gender equality and economic independence: part time work and self-employment’, prepared by EIGE in support of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU (first half of 2014). As such it is part of the ongoing review of the...