Gender Equality Index 2021 Health

Women and men in the EU can expect • While an average of 39 % of women in the to be in good health until 65 and 64 years EU experienced harassment in the 5 years of age (9), respectively. [...] The authors found that higher in the data collection concerning SRH, and rates of infection among women have been the needs of men in the areas of reproduc- linked to their presence in the caring profes- tive health are underexplored in the scientific sions, especially healthcare (Tomáš Sobotka literature. [...] The domain of money accounted for 8 % of the stalled in all Member States in 2018, largely be- total increase in the Index between 2010 and cause of gender segregation in employment. [...] ment of women and men in the EU, the gender divide in some fields of study persists, resulting While gender equality scores in the domain of in an overall reversal in the domain of knowl- work grew steadily from 2010, progress almost edge. [...] The case of Den- The low score for the subdomain of segregation mark reflects the fragility of gains made in pre- and quality of work reflects the fact that pro- vious years; the decline recorded in 2019 was gress in meeting a series of gender equality the greatest contributor to an overall decline of challenges has come to a standstill.