Belgium moves up one place in the European Gender Equality Index – Belgium
(Belga) The European Union 68 points out of 100 in the gender equality index, published Thursday by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). This is a minimal increase (+ 0.6 percent) compared to last year. Belgium is moving up one step in this ranking and now sits in eighth place, but the scores, mostly based on date data from 2019, appear to be leveling off.
Gender equality scores vary from country to country, from 83.9 points in Sweden to 52.6 points in Greece. Once again this year, Sweden and Denmark have the best results in the index, followed by the Netherlands, which overtook Finland and France to reach third place. Luxembourg, Lithuania and the Netherlands are the countries that have generated the most since last year’s edition. Slovenia is the only country that has taken a step back. Progress remains to be made, particularly in the area of power: for example, in the Member States of the European Union, only one in three parliamentarians is still a woman, and women are also under-represented in key economic positions. . This year, Belgium obtained a score of 72.8 out of 100 and thus moved from ninth to eighth place. The country scores particularly well in the silver area, with a second place among all member states. In terms of economic equality between men and women, Belgium comes in fifth position. When it comes to health, the country ranks sixteenth, mainly due to its poor performance in the area of health outcomes and poor access to health services. Since 2010, Belgium has been the country that has generated the most in the power section thanks, among other things, to greater gender equality in economic decision-making. However, progress has been greater in other states members, allowing many nations to overtake Belgium in this ranking. Compared to ten years ago, it has fallen by one place. Compared to 2010, more women are working full time, but they still earn on average 10% less than men. In Belgium, they also continue to take on more household chores and are moreover well represented in political decision-making. EIGE refers to a “flattening curve” Regarding Belgian figures. Belgium’s overall results are still above the EU average, but they are progressing at a slower pace. “Europe has made modest progress on gender equality. However, the Covid-19 pandemic caused significant setbacks. men fell, “says Carlien Scheele, director of EIGE. According to her, the findings of the index can help European leaders to tackle the various effects of the pandemic on women and men and to mitigate the consequences in short and long term inequalities (Belga)
Gender equality scores vary from country to country, from 83.9 points in Sweden to 52.6 points in Greece. Once again this year, Sweden and Denmark have the best results in the index, followed by the Netherlands, which overtook Finland and France to reach third place. Luxembourg, Lithuania and the Netherlands are the countries that have generated the most since last year’s edition. Slovenia is the only country that has taken a step back. Progress remains to be made, particularly in the area of power: for example, in the Member States of the European Union, only one in three parliamentarians is still a woman, and women are also under-represented in key economic positions. . This year, Belgium obtained a score of 72.8 out of 100 and thus moved from ninth to eighth place. The country scores particularly well in the silver area, with a second place among all member states. In terms of economic equality between men and women, Belgium comes in fifth position. When it comes to health, the country ranks sixteenth, mainly due to its poor performance in the area of health outcomes and poor access to health services. Since 2010, Belgium has been the country that has generated the most in the power section thanks, among other things, to greater gender equality in economic decision-making. However, progress has been greater in other states members, allowing many nations to overtake Belgium in this ranking. Compared to ten years ago, it has fallen by one place. Compared to 2010, more women are working full time, but they still earn on average 10% less than men. In Belgium, they also continue to take on more household chores and are moreover well represented in political decision-making. EIGE refers to a “flattening curve” Regarding Belgian figures. Belgium’s overall results are still above the EU average, but they are progressing at a slower pace. “Europe has made modest progress on gender equality. However, the Covid-19 pandemic caused significant setbacks. men fell, “says Carlien Scheele, director of EIGE. According to her, the findings of the index can help European leaders to tackle the various effects of the pandemic on women and men and to mitigate the consequences in short and long term inequalities (Belga)