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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Pacific Women,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In the pacific, gender equality is still a worry for most of our small island countries. Due to gender stereotypes, the bulk of caring responsibilities and housework often falls on the women’s shoulders. These
are some of the findings from EIGE’s Gender Equality Index that analyses gender equality among and between different groups of people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope you can take a read on how important to integrate a Gender perspective into a Disability Strategies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Blessed week,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Solo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">PRC - PDF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">European Institute for Gender Equality - EIGE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://eige.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/gender-equality-needs-reach-everyone?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=happy_holidays&utm_term=2018-12-18">https://eige.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/gender-equality-needs-reach-everyone?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=happy_holidays&utm_term=2018-12-18</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">EU – Important to Integrate a Gender Perspective into Disability Strategies</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FAFAFA"><a href="https://eige.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/eige_original_optimised/public/images/shutterstock_531537415.jpg?itok=q76FewLQ" title=""" "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="819" height="455" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D4AF4B.1DF6AB60" alt="two friends watching screen together"></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FAFAFA"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FAFAFA"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">28 November 2018 -
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#C00000">Women with disabilities face a double disadvantage because of their gender and their disability.
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">They are confronted with more obstacles than women without disabilities and face more challenges than their male peers. They are less likely to have a university degree, work outside
the home and they experience a higher risk of poverty. Due to gender stereotypes, the bulk of caring responsibilities and housework often falls on their shoulders. These are some of the findings from EIGE’s Gender Equality Index that analyses gender equality
among and between different groups of people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">“To build a more inclusive Europe, gender equality needs to reach everyone. Barriers to education, employment and health services for persons with disabilities must be removed,” said
Virginija Langbakk, EIGE’s director in the lead up to the international day of persons with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">Accessing education is more difficult for persons with disabilities. Only 13 % of women with disabilities have a tertiary degree, compared to 29 % of women without disabilities. Men with
disabilities (17 %) are also less likely to have graduated from tertiary education than men without disabilities (27 %). Another matter of concern is the school dropout rate of youth with disabilities (22.5 %), which is double the rate of students without
disabilities (11 %). Dropping out of school early indicates potential difficulties in accessing suitable educational programmes and a need to adjust teaching methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">In homes across the EU, women do the bulk of the cooking, household tasks and care work. This situation is mirrored among persons with disabilities. Eight in ten women with disabilities
(79 %) are cooking and cleaning every day, compared to four in ten men with disabilities (41 %). Almost a third of women with disabilities (29 %) and a fifth of men with disabilities (20 %) care daily for someone, whether it be children, older people or adults
with disabilities. This is despite the fact that persons with disabilities also need care themselves. These factors make it harder for women to engage in paid work outside the home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">Low participation in the workforce is a reality for both women and men with disabilities but women face a double disadvantage. Their rate of full-time employment* (19 %) is less than
half that of women without disabilities (47 %) and also lower than that of men with disabilities (28 %). This increases their risk of poverty, which is 21 % compared to 16 % for women without disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">European policies need to be based on the different needs of citizens and incorporate a cross-cutting perspective. Integrating a gender perspective into disability strategies would help
ensure that the different challenges faced by women and men with disabilities are recognised and taken into account.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">Background information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">EIGE’s Gender Equality Index is a tool to measure gender equality in the EU and monitor its progress over time. It also looks at how different factors influence a person’s opportunities
in life, such as their age, ethnicity, disability and more. The Index measures gender equality in six core domains (work, money, knowledge, time, power and health). All domains include an intersectional analysis. Violence is measured in a separate satellite
domain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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