Large difference in employment rates between men and women!

If you compare the employment rates in EU regions, you will notice that the female employment rates still lag behind the male rates in most of the regions.

The EU has set a policy target in this area of halving the gender employment gap from 11.7% in 2019 to 5.8% by 2030.

The green regions shown here are those that have already attained the target.

Source: Eurostat

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺English
    42•9 months ago

    Interesting that in Germany the East-West divide is very much visible, with the progressive womens role in the former GDR still resulting in good employment rates for women today, whereas countries like Poland with a strong ressurgence of catholicism fare much worse.

    • IWantToFuckSpez
      14•9 months ago

      all the green areas in Germany have lower GDP than the yellow parts same with the green part in the Rheinland. And Berlin has a much higher GDP than the surrounding areas and is yellow. I don’t think it’s solely an effect of socialism.

      • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺English
        14•9 months ago

        Why would a lower GDP be indicative of more people working? wouldnt it be the other way round.

        Also the social infrastructure in many areas of western Germany is terrible. Many friends of me said that it was simply impossible to get a daycare for the children, or daycare was only until 1 pm and no lunch so the mother had to be at home cooking and could only work part time.

        • IWantToFuckSpez
          13•9 months ago

          Maybe lower GDP could also cause that the salaries are lower and thus families can’t afford to live on one salary.

          • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺English
            1•9 months ago

            That could be a reason. One the other hand the cost of living is also higher, albeit not as proportionate and the generational wealth is much lower in the east. Usually a high or low GDP are also correlated with unemployment.

            For the GDP i’d say it is difficult to gauge, whether it is a positive or negative factor on womens employment. For cultural and social infrastructure these effects are well documented.

        • @insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3•9 months ago

          This is the difference, not the employment rate. So maybe they’re more equally unemployed. Maybe men have a higher unemployment rate generally there, bringing them down to meet the women’s rate.

      • @Rayleigh@feddit.deEnglish
        6•9 months ago

        True but what is the connection between higher GDP and women not working? Also what green part in Rheinland? Berlin could be explained by higher ratio of immigrants and their different family structures.