Gender Equality in Europe

GENDER EQUALITY in EUROPE* 2011 |0,13 GENDER EQUALITY has improved 2005 |0,14 2000 |0,15 but the GAP still EXISTS 1995 |0,18 2011 2000 40 30 50 60 70 41% of WOMEN IN PARLIAMENTS but their participation in other DECISION MAKING INSTITUTIONS still needs to be 20 10 PROMOTED 06 100 1€ 95 1€ 92 1€ 1€ cents 84 cents 82 75 cents cents cents WOMEN still earn 15% LESS than men but for younger generations the THE WAGE GAP is DECREASING < 25 years 25-35 35-45 years years 45-65 years > 65 years WOMEN outnumber men in UNIVERSITIES teachers teachers 134 vs 100 but face 140 160 183 UNEQUAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES 67% are ACTIVE we need to: promote WOMEN ACCESS to the workforce WORK FORCE 80% are ACTIVE > tackle DISCRIMINATION in employment 65% MEN INVESTING IN POLICIES THAT PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES Sources *According to data avai lable for Austria, Belgium, Den mark Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg Malta Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland UN | http://data.worldbank.org/topic/gender | | http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/search_database | For more information please visit the UNDP Europe and CIS website http://europeandcis.undp.org/ourwork/gender/ Empowered lives. Resilient nations. emale teachers universities secondary sch Primary schoolS