Republic of Cyprus Second Voluntary National Report - Sustainable development goals

57 GENDER EQUALITY SDG 5 | Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Highlights – 2020 • Adoption of the new National Action Plan for Equality between Men and Women. • Creation of the Office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality, responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of policies for Gender Equality. • Cyprus ranks in the top 10 countries with the smallest gender pay gap, but falls behind in the representation of women in leadership positions. • Increased provision of services and support to victims of trafficking. • Preparation of the National Action Plan for the Prevention of Human Trafficking (2019-2021). Covid Response • Targeted post Covid-19 interventions combating the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women and children are to be considered. • Adoption of new technologies for the benefit of victims of violence in the family and women in danger, have been accelerated. • Special arrangements ensuring safe distancing have been implemented to conduct the video-recorded statements of children-victims of domestic violence. Looking Ahead • Through the NRRP, measures are promoted for gender equality of treatment and opportunities, in all areas, including participation in the labour market, employment terms and conditions, and career progression. • Programmes are being developed to support women and girls in increasing their confidence, self-esteem, knowledge, skills and capabilities, leadership, and negotiation skills to increase their effective participation in decision-making. • Efforts are made to narrow the gender digital skills divide through role models and mentors, gender responsive ICT- infused curricula, and efforts to increase girls’ understanding of, and exposure to, technology-linked careers. EU RANK TREND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Physical and Sexual Violence to Women (15-74 Years) 4 : EDUCATION Early Leavers from Education and Training (Males) 17 Early Leavers from Education and Training (Females) 18 Employment Rates of Recent Graduates (Males) 17 Employment Rates of Recent Graduates (Females) 18 Tertiary Educational Attainment (Males) 3 Tertiary Educational Attainment (Females) 2 EMPLOYMENT Gender Employment Gap 17 Gender Pay Gap in Unadjusted Form 9 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Seats Held by Women in National Parliament 25 Seats Held by Women in National Government 22 Positions Held by Women in Senior Management Positions (Board Members) 26 Positions Held by Women in Senior Management Positions (Executives) 14 Note: Data comes from the Statistical Service of Cyprus. EU rank presents the rank of Cyprus among the EU member states, for the most recent available year. Trend presents the 10-year trend from 2010-2019. Pos, Neg, Neg-Pos, and, Pos-Neg indicate a positive, a negative, a U-shape and an inverse U-shape trend, respectively. Green arrows indicate an improvement in the performance of Cyprus and red arrows indicate a decline in the performance of Cyprus. indicates a constant trend. : indicates that the trend is not calculated, because less than 8 years of data are available.