The Gender Divide in the EU (Statistics)
provided by the European Women's Lobby
Employment & at Home
EU, employment rate (1999) Women 52.6% Men 71.6%  
Unemployment (1999) Women 10.9% Men 7.9%  
Long-term unemployment rate (1999) Women 5.0% Men 3.5%  
Wage gap for the same job women are paid on average 83% of men’s hourly wages
Household tasks Women perform more than 80% of them
EU Political Institutions
Women represent an average of 18.06% of decision-makers in the EU institutions.
European Parliament 26,8%
European Commission 25,0%
Economic and social Committee 17,1%
Committee of Regions 14,9%
European Council 6,5%
Violence, Trafficking & Harassment

  • 1 in 5 women in the EU experience some form of violence by their intimate male partner

  • 95% of all acts of violence take place within the home

  • Approximately 30% to 50% of women have experienced some form of sexual harassment at the workplace, whereas 10% of men have experienced it.

  • The International Organisation for Migration estimates that there are about 500,000 women victims of trafficking in the EU, of whom about 300,000 come from the Balkans.

Poverty

  • Throughout the European Union, poverty is more prevalent among women than among men with an average of 19% of women compared to 17% of men

  • Single women have higher poverty rates than single men: 25% against 19%.

On the occasion of the International Women's Day 2001, the European Women's Lobby denounced the persistence of inequalities between women and men:

'Keeping in mind that the battles for women's rights in Europe and globally are part of the same movement towards a more just society, the EWL calls on political leaders to state publicly their positive contributions to the eradication of inequalities between women and men.'

Shevolution supports these aims.

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