Europe

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

November 4, 2025

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

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

April 8, 2024

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 [..]

Estonia

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

April 3, 2024

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 [..]

Latvia

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

March 17, 2024

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 [..]

Lithuania

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

January 24, 2024

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

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

December 20, 2023

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 [..]

Estonia

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

November 13, 2023

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 [..]