Malta remains worse than EU average for gender equality

Malta is still lagging behind the EU average in gender equality, leaving “considerable room for improvement”, especially when it comes to political and economic power, according to a new report. Despite a slight improvement over 2005, Malta still ranked 15th in the EU28, according to an index published by the European Institute for Gender Equality. The score in the domain of power stalled over a 10-year period. While some improvement was registered when it comes to the representation of women in decision-making positions in the social sector, the situation became more gender unequal when it comes to political and economic power. Malta, however, fared pretty well when it comes to health, ranking third in the EU and gaining two positions since 2005. The scores in the domain of health increased slightly when it comes to access and status, which measures perceived health, life expectancy and healthy life years Life expectancy increased for both women and men. Women on average live more than four years longer than men, while 70 per cent of women and 72 per cent of men assess their health as ‘good’ or ‘very good’. READ: Women MPs up by just five percentage points in 60 years - Miriam...