"The European Institute for Gender Equality published its new equality index on Tuesday, giving the 27 EU countries a ranking based on six key areas; work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. The overall ranking places Sweden in first place for gender equality, achieving an overall score of 73.7 out of 100, with France snapping at its heels with 73.4. In third place is Denmark, followed by Spain and the Netherlands. The least equal of the EU 27 is Cyprus."
"France showed particular improvement in the domains of education and decision-making, with more women involved in decisions at a political and managerial level. France has a policy of gender parity in election lists for local and European elections which has ensured that 48.5 percent of local councillors and mayors are women. The gender parity policy is being extended to communes with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants in the next local elections in March 2026."
"The country scored reasonably well in terms of health and in 'time' - especially when it comes to division of household chores, but scored poorly in the realm of work, where women are still under-represented in key sectors such as tech, information and communication. The country also scored poorly when it came to patriarchal beliefs, with 31 percent of women and 37 percent of men agreeing with the statement "the most important role for a man is to earn money"."
An EU equality index ranks 27 countries across work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. Sweden tops the list with 73.7; France is second with 73.4, followed by Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands; Cyprus ranks lowest. France improved in education and decision-making and has gender parity policies for local and European election lists, yielding 48.5 percent women among local councillors and mayors, and plans to extend parity to smaller communes by March 2026. France applies quotas for company boards and senior civil service. France scores well on health and household time division but poorly in workforce representation and patriarchal beliefs.
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