The gender employment gap - challenges and solutions

Over the last two decades, women’s labour market performance has substantially improved. The female labour force participation rate in Europe, which was around 55% in the early 1990s, has increased considerably since then, reaching more than 66% in 2008. Despite recent advances, the gender employment gap (defined as the difference between male and female employment rates) across the EU-28 was 10.7 p.p. in 2013. Against this background, fostering higher participation of women in the labour market is one of the prerequisites for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe. More...