Gender pay gap and the impact of the crisis on men and women: the opinion of the Advisory Committee on equality for men and women

10 August 2009

The opinion on the crisis adopted by the Advisory Committee on equal opportunities for women and men stresses the fact women and men are affected differently by the financial and economic downturn. Recommendations advise the incorporation of a gender perspective in the national and EU policy responses to the crisis.

The Advisory Committee draws attention to the persisting obstacles to equal pay in the opinion on the gender pay gap and provides recommendations on how these can be overcome.

The recently published opinions are available for download below.

Downloadable files

Opinion on the gender perspective on the response to the economic and financial crisis (56.55kB)

Opinion on the effectiveness of the current legal framework on equal pay for equal work or work of equal value in tackling the gender pay gap (151.47kB)