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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12274

14 June 2019
SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Gender equality
Ministers call for a strategy for more equitable pay between men and women
Brussels, 13/06/2019 (Agence Europe)

It is a bit of a ritual for the ministers for Employment and Social Affairs: every year, they discuss the gender pay gap. While they held a policy debate in 2018 (see EUROPE B11981A26), this year they decided during their meeting in Luxembourg on 13 June to adopt conclusions calling for a new strategy in this area.

For the problem is, indeed, real: according to Eurostat, the gender pay gap in the EU is still around 16% and is only narrowing very slowly or even widening in some Member...

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