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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The Gender Equality Index
Inequality 1
Equality 100
Participation
Segregation and quality of work
FTE employment Duration of working life
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
Lifelong learning
Participation in tertiary education Segregation
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
Social activities
Childcare activities
Domestic 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
Economic
Ministerial Parliamentary Regional assemblies
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 decisionmaking
Key actions should be taken to consider gender balance in decisionmaking
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
69.0
68.9
90.1
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: - 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.
Competence development programme Foster wider acceptance of a need to develop gender competence Identify ways forward
Improve knowledge on gender training
Advance discussion on quality standards
Make available practical information from EU-28 Bring together relevant actors
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
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
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
Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC)
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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
PROCESS/PRODUCE COLLECT
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EIGE’s RDC partners
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www.eige.europa.eu/rdc
Contacts dr. Jolanta Reingarde Senior researcher/Analyst
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EIGE - General enquiries
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European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Gedimino pr. 16 01103 - Vilnius Lithuania www.eige.europa.eu
