The social scourge of genre violence and inequality suffered by women throughtout the world is, increasingly, a topic of media and institutional interest. On the occasion of the Women’s Day, we remember the support of EU in the fight against this problem.
8 march 2017
To protect and empower both women and girls so they can take fully advantage of their potential. This is one of the many objectives that the European Union has to complete its commitment with the fight for real equaility of women in both private and public sphere.
Currently, there are more women integrated in the labour market than ever, but there is still a long road ahead.It is calculated that 2016 was a record year regarding the wome’s employment rate in the European Union: it reached the 65%. However, there is still a huge difference with men’s percentage: 77%. Taking this into account, concepts such as salary gap between women and men or the glass ceiling for women are still a reality in the labour environment.
Women are usually the most vulnerable in situations of conflict and intolerance against them and misogyny remain the order of the day inside and outside the borders of the European Union
EU’s statement on the Women’s Day
The social scourge of genre violence and inequality suffered by women throughtout the world is, increasingly, a topic of media and institutional interest. On the occasion of the Women’s Day, we remember the support of EU in the fight against this problem.
8 march 2017
To protect and empower both women and girls so they can take fully advantage of their potential. This is one of the many objectives that the European Union has to complete its commitment with the fight for real equaility of women in both private and public sphere.
Currently, there are more women integrated in the labour market than ever, but there is still a long road ahead.It is calculated that 2016 was a record year regarding the wome’s employment rate in the European Union: it reached the 65%. However, there is still a huge difference with men’s percentage: 77%. Taking this into account, concepts such as salary gap between women and men or the glass ceiling for women are still a reality in the labour environment.
Women are usually the most vulnerable in situations of conflict and intolerance against them and misogyny remain the order of the day inside and outside the borders of the European Union
Little by little, women’s situation is improving, although the change is really slow and, above all, much more can be accomplished. Women are usually more vulnerable in conflict situations and intolerance and misogyny are the centre of the news.
Statement on Women’s Day
During the International Women’s Day week, we rememener the joint statement of the EU for the women’s rights defence:
- The European Commission tackles inequality in key environment, such as job, remuneration, decision making and violence through their Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019.
- The European Commission dedicated in 2019 to the erradication of all means of violence against women and girls.
- The European Commission will present this year a new initiative for the balance between labour and family life of parents and citizens.
- Migrant women arriving Europa who have suffered any harm will receive health, legal, psycological assistance and psychosocial support.
- The European Commission will continue to monitor the genre dimension of prevention and fight against human trafficking in the implementation of policy and legislation against this trafficking.
- On its external relations, through the Gender Action Plan 2016-2020, the European Commission will focus especially on the assisstance of women and girls around the world who have been excluded from education, equally in health and famoly services planning, labour market and political life, besides suffering discriminatory legislations in inheritance, citizenship and ownership subjects.
- In order to guarantee that the assisstance reaches the most vulnerable people in the world, the European Commission will continue to systematically apply an approach which considers the gender dimension.
- The European Commission will continue to assume the lidership in the United Nations’ implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, including gender equality.
