Gender

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Lithuania has been ranked sixth among European countries on the 2023 Global Gender Gap Index, the Ministry of Social Security and Labour said on Friday.

Carried out in 2018-2019, the Analysis of Diversity and Equal Opportunities in Vilnius University (VU) revealed that the number of women working at VU exceeded that of men by 12%. However, the share of female professors was twice as small as that of their male counterparts (64 percent men and 36 per...

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Lithuania fell to number 23 among the EU's 28 member states in the latest ranking by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), down from 19th place two years ago.

Европейский Институт гендерного равенства (European Institute for Gender Equality, EIGE) необоснованно платил меньшие зарплаты временно трудоустроенным работникам, констатировал суд.

Бывшие и нынешние временные сотрудники Европейского Института гендерного равенства (European Institute for Gender Equality, EIGE) стремятся в суде защитить право на равную с постоянными работниками зарплату.

Lithuania's parliament will Friday discuss the effects of ratification of the Istanbul convention for the Baltic state.

The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) has passed a set of legal amendments design to prevent gender-based discrimination in the workplace and to make existing Lithuanian discrimination laws more similar to European Union law. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Members of the Lithuanian parliament have rejected a bill outlawing gender-based harassment, as required by the European Union.

For several years, Lithuanian education specialists have been noticing a worrying trend – Lithuanian boys' school grades have been falling steadily.

Gender equality has still a long way to go in the EU, although Europe is considered one of the leaders in the world.

Sex reassignment surgery is as yet unavailable in Lithuania but the necessary legislation to allow the procedure is on its way.

Lithuania has one of the smallest pay gaps between men and women with the 7th smallest difference between the average wage given to men and women, according to the OECD.

Lithuania has been ranked second in the world for the number of women in top management positions in corporations, according to the last global survey by consulting firm Grant Thornton.

Despite having significantly higher levels of education on average than men, Lithuania women make up only a quarter of the leadership positions with real decision-making responsibilities both in the public and private sector.

Men dominate central banks, finance ministries and boardrooms throughout Europe with only one in every 25 top jobs held by a woman, according to a new report on equality between women and men.

Bullying remains a pandemic problem in Lithuanian schools and can sometimes lead to tragic consequence, including suicide. The Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson's Office has conducted a survey among school students, a fifth of whom said they were bullied for one reason or another.

Siaubas tarsi tiesiogiai prakalbina žmogaus viduje tūnantį žvėrį. Evoliucinė psichologija mūsų galvose įsodino tam tikrus baimės aktyvavimo jungiklius – išgyvenimo instinktą, pavyzdžiui, niekuo nepaaiškinama tamsos baimė (juk galbūt kur nors pasilėpęs tyko pavojingas plėšrūnas), paniška žvėrių aštri...