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Gender Equality in Estonia: A Comprehensive Overview

Explore the positive and negative aspects of gender equality in Estonia, highlighting high employment rates, gender parity in education, and women in managerial roles. Discover challenges like low political representation and a significant gender pay gap in this Baltic nation.

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Gender Equality in Estonia: A Comprehensive Overview

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  1. GENDER EQUALITY IN ESTONIA

  2. Positive aspects in Estonia • High employment rate among both men (71%) and women (65%, 6th in EU-27)* • Gender parity on most levels of education (fe among undergraduate students 60% women, 40% men)** • Comparatively high number of women among managers (38%, 3rd in EU-25)*** * Eurostat (2007) ** Estonian Ministry of Education and Science (2005/2006) *** Eurostat (2006)

  3. Negative aspects in Estonia • Low political representation of women (21% in government, 24% in parliament, 30% in municipalities) • Large gender pay gap (25%, biggest in EU-27)* • Large gap of life expectancy (men 67 years, women 78 years)** * Eurostat (2007) ** Statistics Estonia (2007)

  4. Female employment rate and gender pay gap

  5. Political representation

  6. Political representation

  7. Political representation

  8. Political representation

  9. Time use: singles

  10. Time use: couples without children

  11. Time use: couples with children aged 0-6 years

  12. Time use: couples with children aged 7-17 years

  13. Youth education attainment levelPercentage of the population aged 20 to 24 having completed at least upper secondary educationFEMALE MALE

  14. Early school leaversPercentage of the population aged 18-24 with at most lower secondary education and not in further education or training

  15. Science and technology graduatesTertiary graduates in science and technology per 1 000 of female population aged 20-29 yearsFEMALE MALE

  16. Gender stereotypes in school materials

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