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Abstract/Sommario: While gender equality and women’s empowerment have never been so high up on the EU’s political agenda, the past year has been particularly challenging for gender equality. Next to growing opposition, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women’s lives. More robust EUwide data are gradually becoming available, but there is already ample evidence that the hard-won achievements of past years have been ‘rolled back’ by the pandemic. Many stakeholders are concerned that it ...; [Leggi tutto...] While gender equality and women’s empowerment have never been so high up on the EU’s political agenda, the past year has been particularly challenging for gender equality. Next to growing opposition, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women’s lives. More robust EUwide data are gradually becoming available, but there is already ample evidence that the hard-won achievements of past years have been ‘rolled back’ by the pandemic. Many stakeholders are concerned that it will take years, or even decades, to overcome the setbacks to gender equality caused by the pandemic. Gender equality has also increasingly come under attack in certain Member States and abroad, with a tendency in some countries to restrict and backslide on women’s rights.

Abstract/Sommario: While gender equality and women’s empowerment have never been so high up on the EU’s political agenda, the past year has been particularly challenging for gender equality.The report focuses on the key actions and achievements of EU institutions and Member States in this area over the past year. It also provides encouraging examples of national initiatives on gender equality and of EU-funded projects aimed at gender equality. This edition of the report is the fifth one covering the EU G ...; [Leggi tutto...] While gender equality and women’s empowerment have never been so high up on the EU’s political agenda, the past year has been particularly challenging for gender equality.The report focuses on the key actions and achievements of EU institutions and Member States in this area over the past year. It also provides encouraging examples of national initiatives on gender equality and of EU-funded projects aimed at gender equality. This edition of the report is the fifth one covering the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.

Abstract/Sommario: This issue of the ILO magazine focuses on jobs recession and also features stories from the world of work: ageing population, migration, gender equality and youth unemployment.

Abstract/Sommario: The report highlights key gender gaps and obstacles to decent work for women. It explores the structural barriers, including unpaid care work, that shape the nature and extent of women’s engagement in paid employment, and examines how laws, policies and practices in certain countries have addressed them. The report also outlines the measures that can and should be taken to seize the opportunities presented by the changing world of work.