| dc.description.abstract | The European Commission’s Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-20198 sets the current framework for EU action to promote one the Union’s fundamental values of equality between women and men. This report takes stock of the main initiatives launched or completed in 2018 in the five thematic areas of the strategic engagement: Equal economic independence of women and men; Equal pay for work
of equal value; Equality in decision making; Ending gender-based violence; and Promoting gender equality beyond the EU. It focuses in particular on: key trends and the newest available data on the strategic engagement’s indicators; key actions in the EU, focusing on the achievements by EU Member States and the EU institutions; inspiring practices, innovative projects and successful policies. The report focuses both on short-term developments over the last 12 months and the medium-term changes since 2010, which could evolve into longer-term developments. It also addresses potential factors that have an influence on real progress in equality between women and men in the EU, as supported by recent research. | en_US |
