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Work Session on Gender Statistics

INDICATORS OF GENDER EQUALITY IN LITHUANIA

Sigutė Litvinavičienė Demographic and Migration Statistics Division, Chief Specialist

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Geneva, 12-14 March 2012

Work Session on Gender Statistics

OVERVIEW

GENERAL INFORMATION;

DATA SOURCES;

INDICATORS OF GENDER EQUALITY;

FUTURE PLANS.


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LITHUANIA – 2010

POPULATION (million) 3.2

Women 1.7

Men 1.5

TOTAL AREA (thousand, km.) 65.3

LIFE EXPECTANCY (years)

Women 78.8

Men 68.0

EMPLOYMENT (per cent)

Women 60.5

Men 60.9

UNEMPLOYMENT (per cent)

Women 13.0

Men 17.8

GENDER PAY GAP (per cent) 14.6



NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK

Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men of the Republic of Lithuania;

Law on Equal Treatment of the Republic of Lithuania;

National Strategy for the Reduction of Violence against Women and Annual Implementation Plan for the Years 2010–2012, No 853, approved on 19 August 2009;

National Antidiscrimination Programme for the Years 2009–2011, No 317, approved on 15 April 2009;

National Programme for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men for the Years 2010–2014, No 530, approved on 4 May 2010.

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DATA SOURCES

Population censuses (Population and Housing Census in Lithuania, 2011);

Household surveys (Labour Force Survey, European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions, Time Use Survey, Information and Communications Technologies Usage in Households and Individuals, etc.);

Business (enterprise) survey;

Administrative data sources (Ministries of Education and Science, Social Security and Labour, Health, Justice, as well as the Prosecution Service, Prison Department, Institute of Hygiene, State Social Insurance Fund Board, National Courts Administration, Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania and other institutions).

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EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

NUMBER OF WOMEN PER 100 MEN, 2010–2011 Beginning of the academic year

93

114

61

128

151

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Primary and basic education

General upper

secondary education

Vocational

education

Higher university education

•.

Higher non-university education

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EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

53 per cent women students in all educational institutions;

At schools of higher education women make up in social services – 91 per cent, psychology – 84 per cent and men – engineering (92 per cent), transport services (91 per cent), computing (86 per cent);

In 2010, 45 thousand specialists were graduated from higher education institutions, 66 per cent – women.

Teaching staff are women at:

general schools – 87 per cent;

colleges and vocational schools – 68 per cent;

universities – 49 per cent.

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RESEARCH AND SCIENCE, 2010

54

45

20

50

19

44

63

58

46

55

80

50

81

56

37

42

0 25 50 75 100

Women

Men

Total

Researchers with a scientific

habilitated doctor

doctor

professor

associate professor

Other researchers

PhD students

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LABOUR MARKET

Labour Force Survey – the most commonly used measure of the economic activity, employment and unemployment of the population;

In 2010, the economic activity rate of women (aged 15–64) – 69, men – 72

per cent;

The employment rate of women – 59 per cent (men – 57 per cent);

The unemployment rate of women – 14 per cent (men – 21 per cent).

The number of women working part-time – 9.3 per cent of all employed (men – 6.7 per cent);

Women are more likely to work in health and social work – 85 per cent, men - in construction – 87 per cent;



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GENDER PAY GAP

Gender pay gap – the difference between men's and women's average gross hourly earnings as a percentage of men's. It is estimated by economic activity, sector, age group.

In industry, construction and services – 15 per cent (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security);

In the private sector – 19 per cent, in the public sector – 14 per cent;

The highest gender pay gap in financial and insurance activities – 44 per cent, in manufacturing – 30 per cent;



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WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING

The first woman President of the Republic of Lithuania was elected in 2009;

Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania is woman (women represent 18 per cent, 25 per cent – of European Parliament);

There are 2 women ministers in the fifteenth Government of the Republic of Lithuania;

General Director of Statistics Lithuania is woman;

In 2010, 22 per cent women were elected to the municipal councils of the Republic of Lithuania;

In 2010, 41 per cent women of all leaders (legislators, senior officers and managers).





WOMEN AND MEN ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT

2515

3126

114

126

110115

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1996-2000 m. 2000-2004 m. 2004-2008 m. 2008-2012 m.

Women

Men

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FUTURE PLANS

Preparation of publication of statistical information on women and men using 2011 Population and Housing Census data;

Explore the users’ wishes (using questionnaire) to receive more detailed statistical information on women and men;

Further revision and development of Key indicators;

Co-operation between countries and sharing the experiences on gender statistics issues and satisfy increasing user needs;

Compile statistical data in the Database of Indicators of Statistics Lithuania.

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INТЕRNЕТ

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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