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Measuring Gender Equality in the European Union: The Gender Equality Index

Measuring Gender Equality in the European Union: The Gender Equality Index. Gender equality - equal share of assets and equal dignity and integrity between women and men. Index measures gender gaps adjusted for levels of achievement.

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Measuring Gender Equality in the European Union: The Gender Equality Index

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  1. Measuring Gender Equality in the European Union: The Gender Equality Index

  2. Gender equality - equal share of assets and equal dignity and integrity between women and men

  3. Index measures gender gaps adjusted for levels of achievement

  4. The Gender Equality Index is adapted to the context of the EUand is based on EU policy priorities

  5. The Gender Equality Index Equality Inequality 1 100

  6. FTE employment Duration of working life Sectoral segregation Flexibility of working time Health and safety Training at work

  7. Women remain less likely to participate in the labour market Large gender segregation in the labour market remains prevalent The gendered nature of quality of work needs to be measured

  8. 69.9

  9. Earnings Income Not at-risk-of-poverty Income distribution

  10. Women receive lower earnings and income than men in the EU Women are at a disadvantage in terms of their economic situation Individual rather than household level indicators could measure gender differences in a more sensitive way

  11. 68.9

  12. Participation in tertiary education Segregation Participation in formal or non-formal education and training

  13. Women outnumber men as university graduates in the EU Gender segregation in educational fields remains high Participation in lifelong learning is low and is more feminised where participation is higher

  14. 48.9

  15. Childcare activities Domestic activities Sport, culture and leisure activities Volunteering and charitable activities

  16. Women remain disproportionately responsible for caring activities The unequal division of time extends to other activities Addressing the division of time can provide an opportunity towards transformative change

  17. 38.8

  18. Ministerial Parliamentary Regional assemblies Members of boards Members of Central Bank

  19. Low levels of gender equality in political decision-making The lowest gender equality score can be found in economic decision-making Key actions should be taken to consider gender balance in decision-making

  20. 38.0

  21. Self perceived health Life expectancy Healthy life years Unmet medical needs Unmet dental needs

  22. Low gender gaps exist in access to health structures The old adage that ‘women get sicker and men die younger’ remains largely true

  23. 90.1

  24. 69.0 38.8 68.9 48.9 90.1 38.0

  25. Room for improvement 54.0

  26. Barcelona Further analysis

  27. http://eige.europa.eu/content/gender-equality-index

  28. Gender mainstreaming tools, methods and good practices:- Investing in gender competence development- Good Practices- Institutional Capacity for Gender Mainstreaming and use of Gender Impact Assessment in the EU Member States

  29. Recommendations on Institutional Capacity for Gender Mainstreaming: Strengthen legal obligations for GM Enhance cooperation and networking Obligatory use of GM tools and methods Commitment to improve gender competence across different sectors. Council Conclusions.

  30. Competence development programme

  31. Gender Trainers and Training Resources Databases Are you looking for gender trainers? More than 200 individuals and organisations EU-28 Many thematic areas Easily searchable www.eige.europa.eu

  32. EIGE’s work on good practices aims to promote within MS and among stakeholders: Competence Development Networking Peer-to-Peer learning Good Practices 2012-2014: Prevention of gender based violence (domestic violence, female genital mutilation) Gender training Gender equality in media Female entrepreneurship Work-life balance

  33. Expected results on work-life balance Peer learning seminars 12 good practices (June 2014) focusing on: Self regulation (specific concern on social partners) Awareness-raising (including mentoring) Training

  34. Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC) Gather the institutional memory of gender equality work at the EU and MS level Make the right gender equality related knowledge available at the right time to the relevant actors RDC’s beneficiaries: Primary: Policy makers and implementers at the EU and MS level, EIGE staff; Secondary: Research organisations, Social Partners, Civil Society Organisations, Media, EU citizens.

  35. Resource & Documentation Centre (RDC) PROCESS/PRODUCE SHARE COLLECT

  36. EIGE’s RDC partners KvinnSam …& more www.eige.europa.eu/rdc EIGE RDC video…

  37. Contacts dr. JolantaReingarde Senior researcher/Analyst Jolanta.Reingarde@eige.europa.eu EIGE - General enquiries EIGE.SEC@eige.europa.eu European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Gedimino pr. 16 01103 - Vilnius Lithuania www.eige.europa.eu

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