The European Commission published, on March 8, two studies on gender equality. The first one, entitled "Equality between women and men – 2008", analyzes women's situation on the Labor Market and the second, "Women and men in decision-making 2007", takes a close look at women's participation in decision-making. (Ref. 080197)
According to the annual report “Equality between women and men – 2008”, women’s employment rate reached 57.2% in 2006, which means that it is slightly increasing. Women’s unemployment rate – 9% – is at its lowest rate in ten years.
The gap between men and women remains significant. This evolution enabled the gap between men and women’s employment rate to decrease, from 17.1 points in 2000 to 14.4 points in 2006. However, the indicators for pay, labor market segregation and the number of women in decision-making jobs have not shown any significant increase for several years.
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