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What's stopping Europe from plugging the gender gap?

Despite new data showing that complete gender parity in decision-making is still far from a reality, Spain and Ireland have made the most progress in the past 10 years.

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00:00What's stopping Europe from plugging the gender gap?
00:07Gender equality has improved in the EU in recent years,
00:10narrowing by 10.5 points since 2010 and by 7.4 points since 2015.
00:17At this pace, it will take a minimum of 50 years for full gender equality to be achieved in the bloc.
00:22Inequalities in decision-making pose the largest obstacle to achieving gender equality,
00:27despite the greatest strides made in any domain happening over the past decade.
00:32Across the EU, the scores for the power category,
00:35which measures how equal men and women are in positions of power,
00:38rage from a high of 80.4 points in Sweden to 12.9 points in Hungary.
00:44In parliaments and governments at all levels, in largest businesses and in social institutions,
00:49women are generally in the minority.
00:52Women face difficulties securing campaign funding and often have less influence in candidate selection than their male peers.
00:59Gender stereotypes, violence and discrimination further discourage women from entering or remaining in public office,
01:06undermining democratic representation and progress.
01:09In most member states, men are more likely than women to agree with the statement
01:13that men in political life are more ambitious than women.
01:16The biggest gender gap among those who agree is seen from respondents aged between 15 and 24 years,
01:22with 48% of young men agreeing, while only 34% of young women support this idea.
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