GenderEquality

Women fill 29% of leadership positions in Germany, below EU average

By Jörn Bender, dpa. Frankfurt (dpa) – Women are seriously under-represented in leadership positions in Germany, official figures showed on Monday. The Federal Statistical Office said 29.1% of top managing [..]

Estonia: Analysis shows women comprise 1/3 of senior management in large cos

An analysis of pension funds reveals that women make up about one third of the management in larger companies. In addition to environmental factors, one of the components of pension [..]

Statistics: 41 pct of women in Estonia experience intimate partner violence

A large-scale relationship survey conducted by Statistics Estonia reveals that 41 percent of women in Estonia have experienced intimate partner violence during their lifetime. Jana Bruns, project manager at the [..]

Chair of Latvian Academy of Music Council resigns amid sexual harassment scandal

Latvia’s former culture minister Helena Demakova is standing down as Chair of the Council of the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA). Demakova informed LETA that she is resigning [..]

70 pct of Lithuanian against universal conscription of women, men – survey (media)

70 percent of the Lithuanian population would not support the introduction of universal conscription of men and women, according to a new survey commissioned by the country’s public broadcaster LRT. [..]

Latvia has highest rate in the EU of women intentionally murdered by partner or relative

In 2021, three women were killed in Latvia by their intimate partner, while 16 women were killed by a family member, which is still the highest figure in the European [..]

The gross hourly earnings of female employees were 17.7 percent smaller than the earnings of male employees in Estonia

The gross hourly earnings of female employees were 17.7 percent smaller than the earnings of male employees in 2022, and the gender pay gap increased by 2.8 percentage points year [..]