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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
The Gender Equality Index is adapted to the
context of the EU
and is based on
EU policy priorities
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Inequality
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The Gender Equality Index
Equality
100
Participation
FTE employment Duration of working life
Segregation and quality of work
Sectoral segregation Flexibility of working time Health and safety Training at work
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
69.9
Financial resources Earnings Income Economic situation Not at-risk-of-poverty Income distribution
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
68.9
Education attainment and segregation
Participation in tertiary education Segregation
Lifelong learning
Participation in formal or non-formal education and training
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
48.9
Care activities
Childcare activities Domestic activities
Social activities
Sport, culture and leisure activities Volunteering and charitable activities
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
38.8
Political
Ministerial Parliamentary Regional assemblies
Economic
Members of boards Members of Central Bank
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
38.0
Status
Self perceived health Life expectancy Healthy life years
Access
Unmet medical needs Unmet dental needs
Low gender gaps exist in access to health structures The old adage that ‘women get sicker and men die younger’ remains largely true
90.1
90.1
68.9
69.0
38.8
48.9
38.0
54.0
Barcelona
Further analysis
http://eige.europa.eu/content/gender-equality-index
Gender mainstreaming tools, methods and good practices:
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Investing in gender competence development - Good Practices - Institutional Capacity for Gender Mainstreaming and use of Gender Impact Assessment in the EU Member States
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.
Identify ways forward
Competence development programme
Foster wider acceptance of a need to develop gender competence Improve knowledge on gender training Advance discussion on quality standards Make available practical information from EU-28 Bring together relevant actors
Are you looking for gender trainers? Gender Trainers and Training Resources Databases
• More than 200 individuals and organisations • EU-28 • Many thematic areas • Easily searchable
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EIGE’s work on good practices aims to promote within MS and among stakeholders: Competence Development Networking Peer-to-Peer learning
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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
Expected results on work-life balance
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Peer learning seminars 12 good practices (June 2014) focusing on:
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Self regulation (specific concern on social partners)
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Awareness-raising (including mentoring)
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Training
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.
Resource & Documentation Centre (RDC) Managing Gender Knowledge COLLECT PROCESS/PRODUCE SHARE
EIGE’s RDC partners
KvinnSam
EIGE RDC video… www.eige.europa.eu/rdc …& more
Contacts
dr. Jolanta Reingarde
Senior researcher/Analyst [email protected]
EIGE - General enquiries [email protected]
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Gedimino pr. 16 01103 - Vilnius Lithuania www.eige.europa.eu