Gender equality in focus. June, 2021.
Date: 2021-06-30
Institutions: European Institute for Gender Equality
Subjects: gender equality, serial publication, sexual discrimination, sexual mutilation

June, 2021

Gender equality in focus

Quotas boost progress on gender
equality in business and politics

If progress advances at the current pace, we won’t achieve gender balance in politics
before 2050. However, quotas have proven to accelerate the shift towards gender
balance, with the proportion of women in parliaments growing three times faster in
EU countries with quotas than in countries without. In business, we have reached an
all-time high of women on company boards but they still account for less than 10 %
of CEOs. Read our statistical notes on women and men in decision-making here.

Latest News

Council of the EU adopts conclusions on COVID-19

This month, the Council of the EU adopted
conclusions based on our ndings on the

socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on gender
equality. Our report, prepared for the
Portuguese Presidency, shows that women are
facing longer-lasting economic losses and are
taking on most of the extra unpaid care
workload. Read the report here.

Publications

Communities need to be involved in FGM prevention

Write like a gender-pro

Our report on the risk of female genital
mutilation (FGM) in Denmark, Spain,
Luxembourg and Austria is here. It nds that
affected communities often lead the ght
against FGM, but continue to be excluded from
decision-making on how to best tackle the
problem. Read the full report here.

Would you like to improve your gender-
sensitive phrasing? Are you interested in how
we write our publications? We have released
our writing guide for you to learn how to write
like a professional. We outline the
fundamentals of style, explain our terminology
and more. You can download the guide here.

Good to know

A sneak peek at the 2021 Gender Equality Index

On 28 October 2021, we will reveal the results
of our annual Gender Equality Index during an
online conference. This year, our main topic is
how gender affects our health and access to
health services, particularly during the
coronavirus pandemic. Our focus is on mental
health, as well as sexual and reproductive
health. Read our Index teaser here.

Three new publications in your language

We have translated three of our publications

into different European languages. You can
read our step-by-step gender budgeting toolkit,
as well as the country factsheets of our 2020
Gender Equality Index in 22 EU languages. Our
handbook to tackle sexism in workplaces is
available in English, German, French, Spanish
and Italian.

Open Calls

New Communications Team Leader needed

Looking to connect

Contractors wanted

Are you good at turning technical content into
easily understandable messages? Can you
make team members feel empowered to do
their best work? Are you experienced with
digital communication platforms? If yes, then
apply to be our new Communications Team
Leader before 21 July here.

We are looking for a telecommunications
service provider that can deliver high-speed
internet connection, mobile plans and voice
SIP Trunk to be connected to EIGE’s Microsoft
Teams. If you can provide these services,
please contact us before 24 June here.

We need a contractor to analyse whether we
can feasibly track references to EIGE’s
research by policymakers in the EU’s Member
States. Apply before 7 July here.  
We also need contractors to provide us with
media and social media analysis, video
production, graphic design and media support
services. Apply before 7 July here.

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