Despite a slight improvement, gender equality remains a major challenge in the EU. Presented on Thursday 12 December to the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), the ‘Gender Equality Index 2024’, published two days earlier by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), gives the EU a score of 71/100.
Although up 0.8 points since 2023 and 7.9 points since 2010, this result reflects fragile and uneven progress.
Sweden remains in first...