EIGE regularly produces reports reviewing different areas of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) or other EU policy priorities, as requested by the presidencies of the Council of the European Union. This factsheet is based on the report Beijing + 25: The fifth review of the implementation of ...
Gender awareness raising aims at increasing general sensitivity, understanding and knowledge about gender (in)equality. Awareness raising is a process which helps to facilitate the exchange of ideas, improve mutual understanding and develop competencies and skills necessary for societal change. ...
With 72.2 out of 100 points, the United Kingdom ranks fifth in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Its score is 4.8 points higher than the EU’s score. Between 2005 and 2017, the score of the United Kingdom increased by only 1 point. The United Kingdom is progressing towards gender equality at a...
With 73.4 out of 100 points, Finland ranks fourth in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Finland’s score is 6 points above the EU’s score. Between 2005 and 2017, its score only increased 1.4 points (+ 0.4 points since 2015). Finland is progressing towards gender equality at a slower pace than o...
Gender-based violence affects women disproportionately, as it is a manifestation of the power imbalance between women and men. It affects women’s wellbeing, autonomy and access to opportunities and remains one of the most persistent forms of gender inequality. The eradication of all forms of vio...
The gender pay gap uncovers the different realities women and men face in their professional and personal lives. The statistics speak for themselves. Across the EU, women earn on average 16% less than men. This is a result of many already identified factors: women are concentrated in lower level...
The Gender Equality Index 2017 examines the progress and challenges in achieving gender equality across the European Union from 2005 to 2015. Using a scale from 1 (full inequality) to 100 (full equality), it measures the differences between women and men in key domains of the EU policy framework...
Gender stakeholder consultation promotes the participation of women and men in the policymaking process to ensure that their voices are heard and their priorities are reflected in policies, programmes and projects. Gender stakeholder consultation is the process of engaging and ensuring the meani...
This report lays the ground for the establishment of a measure of violence against women through the use of harmonised definitions and indicators on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence. The proposed definitions and indicators will guide methods of data collection across the 28 EU Member...
