SECTORAL POLICIES / Gender equality

Women are more affected by economic inequality, cyber-violence and climate change, says EIGE

Brussels, 12/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

Economic inequalities, cyber-violence and climate change affect women more than men. This is highlighted by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in its fifth review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, published on Tuesday 10 March.

This report analyses the application in the EU countries of the reference framework adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. In particular, it notes that women perform, on average, 13 hours more unpaid...