5. Gender equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

SDG 5 aims to achieve gender equality by ending all forms of discrimination, violence, and any harmful practices against women and girls. It also calls for the full participation of women and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making.

In the EU context, monitoring SDG 5 focuses the topics of gender-based violence, access to quality education, participation in employment, equal payment, and a balanced representation in leadership positions.

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Datasets with additional breakdowns

• Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by NACE Rev. 2 activity - structure of earnings survey methodology (earn_gr_gpgr2)
• Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by age - NACE Rev. 2 activity (B-S except O), structure of earnings survey methodology (earn_gr_gpgr2ag)
• Inactive population not seeking employment by sex, age and main reason (lfsa_igar)