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Europe cannot wait sixty years for gender equality

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A report from the European Institute for Gender Equality argues that it still takes the European Union 60 years to achieve gender equality. Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, speaking in the webinar organized as part of the “No Women No Panel” campaign, promoted by Commissioner Marija Gabriel, said that the Next Generation Eu is once again an occasion not to be to waste. Gender equality is at the top of the list of many of the national plans, yet it does not figure among the areas to which a binding investment threshold, such as digital and green policies, should be dedicated. The proposal to increase the issues to which a binding threshold should be set from two to six was made in the European Parliament and equal opportunities were among these priorities. But it was the national governments that took a step backwards, also because they wanted to emphasize the two great revolutions that await us after the pandemic.

But, Gentiloni said, the Commission has the task of making sure that the opportunity is not wasted. Wage inequalities in the EU remain high, especially on pensions, but the Commission has put on the table a directive, still to be approved, which would like to oblige companies to make the relationship between the salaries of men and women transparent. It does not have the power to intervene on the social policies of individual countries, but it hopes that transparency is a stimulus to improve. “There is an encouraging sign – said Gentiloni – both Italy and Spain in the titles of their recovery plans put the question of gender. Then it will be necessary to move from titles to projects ”. Europe has a unique opportunity to change in every area thanks to the Union’s decision to respond to this crisis with an unimaginable effort of solidarity, giving countries the opportunity to revolutionize and accelerate everything. And also for gender equality, if the European stimulus is followed, perhaps it can be remedied before sixty years pass.

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