LEARN MORE ON SKILLMAN.EU The EU Commission defines “Gender Equality” as promoting equal economic independence for women and men, closing the gender pay gap, advancing gender balance in decision making, ending gender-based violence and promoting gender equality beyond the EU. The topic is so crucial for the EU that a strategy (2020-2025) to achieve a Union of Equality…
On 28 October 2021, EIGE will reveal the results of its Gender Equality Index during an online conference. This year, we are taking a close look at how gender affects health and access to health services.
Parental leave is granted to parents, usually after maternity and paternity leave, allowing mothers and fathers to take care of their young children without losing their jobs. Such a policy exists in all EU Member States. The policy design and eligibility rules vary across the EU and not all women and men in the EU…
SKILLMAN NEWSLETTER WITH GENDER FOCUS The European Union is a global leader in gender equality: 14 of the top 20 countries worldwide on gender equality are the EU Member States. Thanks to robust equal treatment legislation and jurisprudence, efforts to mainstream the gender perspectives into different policy areas, and laws to address particular inequalities, the…
SKILLMAN NEWSLETTER WITH GENDER FOCUS Gender Equality: what do you personally know about it? 21st century: hundreds of conventions, thousands of bills (or shall we say recommendations?) about gender equality are being put in place, but have we really achieved the purpose?If we only take into consideration the European context, the Gender Equality Index score…
Youth is the time of life full of promise, aspiration and energy. Between childhood and adulthood, youth is when men and women are most eager to strike out to secure their futures and to contribute to their families, communities and societies. This stage of life is crucial in determining young peoples’ paths to achieving productive…
“Stereotypes and the glass ceiling are still powerful”: the long road to parity in company management“Quite a symbol. For the first time in its history, the Paris Bourse is about to be headed by a woman: Delphine d’Amarzit, 47 years old. On March 15, the former Deputy CEO of Orange Bank will become CEO of…
Equality between men and women in the world workforce is still a matter of concern. Despite the fact that women represent just over 50% of the population internationally, in no country do they even approach 50% in managerial positions, or in any industry. According to the United Nations, the percentages of women in positions of…
EIGE has published its latest data on women and men in decision-making, covering the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, as well as the seven countries that receive support from the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey (IPA beneficiaries).
During the last two decades much has been written about gender issues in foreign language textbooks Most studies concern the textbook language itself (i.e. features of vocabulary and grammar which discriminate against one of the sexes) and the textbook content (i.e. portrayal of the two sexes with respect to their visibility, jobs, personality, relations and…
