What changed

F. whereas women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by poverty and the risk of social exclusion compared to men, in particular women and girls who experience intersectional forms of discrimination, based on sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics; whereas, globally, 383 million women and girls are estimated to live on less than USD 1.901,90 a day, compared with 368 million men and boys; whereas the female poverty rate is higher than that of men (12.8(12,8 vs 12.312,3 %);

Q. whereas gender equality in the labour market is an important instrument in eliminating women’s poverty that benefits not only women but the economy as a whole, with a positive impact on GDP, employment levels and productivity; whereas improving gender equality would lead to an increase in the EU’s GDP per capita between 6.16,1 and 9.69,6 % and an additional 10.510,5 million jobs, by 2050;