This year marks 25 years since the adoption of the UN’s Beijing Declaration aimed at the advancement of women around the globe, the 10th anniversary of UN Women - dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women - and five years since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, one of which is gender equality.

So where do we stand? Progress has been made, but inequality between men and women persists, including on the labour market. On average, women in the EU are paid less than men.