The EU's signing of the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017 was a significant milestone during a year of actions focused on combating violence against women. Yet despite this progress, it remains one of the most widespread and damaging manifestations of gender inequality. By providing critical...

The EU's signing of the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017 was a significant milestone during a year of actions focused on combating violence against women. Yet despite this progress, it remains one of the most widespread and damaging manifestations of gender inequality. By providing critical...

Eradicating gender-based violence against women is a priority of the European Union (EU) and its Member States. This commitment is affirmed in the main EU gender equality policy documents, most recently by the EU signing the leading regional legal instrument on gender- based violence: the...

Eradicating gender-based violence against women is a priority of the European Union (EU) and its Member States. This commitment is affirmed in the main EU gender equality policy documents, most recently by the EU signing the leading regional legal instrument on gender- based violence: the...

The Council of Europe defines gender budgeting as a gender-based assessment of budgets incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality. The purpose of gender budgeting is threefold: to...

Improving gender equality has many positive impacts on individuals and also on society at large. A more gender‑equal EU would have strong, positive GDP impacts growing over time, a higher level of employment and productivity and could respond to challenges related to the ageing population in...

The main purpose of this database is to build a broad overview of statistics on gender, highlighting differences and inequalities between both sexes. It supports the measurement of whether, or to what extent, gender equality is de facto being achieved. It also acts as a reliable resource in...

The main purpose of this database is to build a broad overview of statistics on gender, highlighting differences and inequalities between both sexes. It supports the measurement of whether, or to what extent, gender equality is de facto being achieved. It also acts as a reliable resource in...

Almost one in four people in the EU live at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Living conditions, poverty levels and pathways into and out of poverty are different for women and men and also vary across the span of a person's life. Young people (18-24) make up 10 % of all poor in the EU. While...