Evidence to action : gender equality and gender mainstreaming in the COVID-19 recovery

This report presents a gender assessment of the EU recovery response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the short and long terms. It focuses on assessing the effects on gender gaps in employment and incomes of selected short-term national policy measures (e.g. taxes and benefits) temporarily introduced by the Member States to contain the adverse economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. It also examines the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) from a gender perspective and identifies opportunities and challenges for gender equality and gender mainstreaming. The RRF is an EU instrument to support reforms and investments in the Member States with the purpose of mitigating the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. RRF funds are disbursed on satisfactory fulfilment of milestones and targets included in the national recovery and resilience plan (RRP) of each Member State, which are also the focus of this study.