A Toolkit for Gender Equality in Practice
Presentation of the toolkit
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Priority 4
Tackling the Gender Pay Gap
The gender pay gap has narrowed in the last decade in terms of average at EU level. In 2012, it stood at 16.2%. There are important variations between the Member States (from 3% to 30%). The pay gap has multifaceted underlying causes which provides to social partners a broad range of possibilities to address it at national, sectoral and/or company level. Further progress is needed.
BDA, Germany. Interview with Mr Jörg Schmidt, Senior Economist, Cologne Institute for Economic Research
ACV-CSC, Belgium. Interview with Ms Patricia Biard, Responsible for Women and Gender Equality, ACV-CSC