The OECD Gender Initiative examines existing barriers to gender equality in education, employment, and entrepreneurship. This website monitors the progress made by governments to promote gender equality in both OECD and non- OECD countries and provides good practices based on analytical tools and reliable data.
March on Gender
OECD Gender Data Portal
The OECD Gender Data Portal includes selected indicators shedding light on gender inequalities in education, employment, entrepreneurship, governance, health and development, showing how far we are from achieving gender equality and where actions is most needed.
Focus
This online resource will guide you in implementing the OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Public Life. Browse the OECD Gender Governance Toolkit
Stat of the Month
Latest Info
- Gender Equality in Peru: Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work
- Report on the Implementation of the OECD Gender Recommendations | 10 June
- Event: OECD Week 2022 – The Impact of Tax and Transfer Systems on Gender Equality | 8 June
- Working paper: Gender stereotypes in education: Policies and practices to address gender stereotyping across OECD education systems
- Podcast: Don’t blame victims, focus on perpetrators: Making services work for domestic violence survivors
- Article: Pay Transparency
- Article: The proportion of female doctors has increased in all OECD countries over the past two decades
- Data: Database on Gender gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Report: Pay Transparency Tools to Close the Gender Wage Gap
- Report: (Brisbane Report) Women at Work in G20 countries: Policy action since 2020
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Key Documents
- Report on the Implementation of the OECD Gender Recommendations (June 2022)
- Tax Policy and Gender Equality: A Stocktake of Country Approaches (February 2022)
- Towards Improved Retirement Savings Outcomes for Women (March 2021)
- Changing Laws and Breaking Barriers for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia (November 2020)
- Women at the core of the fight against the COVID-19 crisis (April 2020)
- SIGI 2019 Global Report - Transforming Challenges into Opportunities (March 2019)
- The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An Uphill Battle (September 2017)
Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC)
Led by ILO, UN Women and the OECD, the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) is a multi-stakeholder coalition to contribute to the achievement of SDG target 8.5 focusing on equal pay between women and men for work of equal value [Short Video]
