WP3 is working to provide recommendations to social partners to reduce wage disparities & promote equal pay strategies through: ✔️ Establish committees on the gender pay gap ✔️ Develop concrete policy recommendations ✔️ Organise transnational seminars to share best practices

Today marks important step towards discussing final remarks for the next transnational seminars WP3 focuses on gender equality policies and enhancing social partners’ capacity to implement gender-sensitive social dialogue systems, promoting inclusive labor policies across EU

📉 Gender Pay Gap in Liberal Professions Women in liberal professions grew by +49% in 15 years, yet they still earn 46% less than men. Regional and sectoral disparities, plus motherhood barriers, hinder equality. Stronger policies are needed! 🔗 Report: bit.ly/4bJcB46

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Balancing work and family responsibilities is crucial for gender equality. Women still carry the majority of caregiving responsibilities, affecting their career opportunities. WP3 is working to promote better policies for work-life balance through social dialogue.

🌍Gender Equality&Social Protection The SD4EU Committee met for the 2nd time to advance a gender-sensitive approach in social policies 📢Next Steps: Collecting innovative best practices & refining policy recommendations for all workers.

💬Today’s discussions highlighted challenges & disparities in gender pay across sectors & countries 📊 Women continue to earn less than men, even in sectors with supposed pay equality. Issues like career breaks, part-time work, & job segregation limit women's earning potential

🌍 Wrapping up the third and final Social Protection Committee meeting for #SD4EU! We’ve tackled disparities in access to social protection caused by career fragmentation, lower earnings, and caregiving burdens. 💼👩‍👧‍👦💸 📌 Recommendations are in progress! #socialdialogue

🌍 Final meeting completed! Key obstacles: career penalties for care responsibilities, biases in workplace culture, and unpaid work without protections ✨Recommendations: •Ensure care duties don’t hinder careers •Recognise unpaid work •Promote collective bargaining rights

📢 At #SD4EU, we’ll be exploring how parental leave policies impact gender equality at work—and what’s needed to make re-entry fair and inclusive. Parental leave is a vital tool to support work–life balance. #sd4eu #socialdialogue #genderequality

🌍 Work-Life Balance Recommendations from SD4EU 🌍 The Committee outlined six essential recommendations to promote fairness and flexibility in the workplace A unified document will finalize these proposals, helping shape future discussions. Stay tuned as we move forward! 💪

🔔Gender equality is a fundamental right for all and a core value of the European Union. 📅 Have your say! Submit your contributions by 11 August 2025 via the European Commission’s official portal. 📣 Make your voice heard – every contribution counts!

The event will gather social partners, experts, and practitioners from Italy, Ireland, Malta, Belgium — and beyond — to explore innovative and gender-sensitive approaches to social protection 🗓️Save the date and let’s meet in Rome for working together for a stronger social Europe

📌 SAVE THE DATE the First Transnational Seminar on Social Protection & Gender Equality within the framework of the SD4EU project! 🗓️ When: 26 September 2025 📍 Where: Spazio Europa, Via Quattro Novembre 149, 00187 Rome, Italy 👉 Join us in #Rhome!

Good news for female entrepreneurs in Belgium: according to the latest figures from @NISSE analysed by Acerta, the average income gap between male and female self-employed workers in main occupation has narrowed by 30% over the past two decades Let’s keep pushing for progress!

📣 Ready to shape Social Protection & Gender Equality in Europe? Join the First Transnational Seminar of SD4EU on 26 Sept 2025, Rome! Share your ideas, challenges & best practices to strengthen gender-responsive social dialogue. Let’s build equitable welfare systems together!

📌 SAVE THE DATE – 30 OCTOBER 2025 | MALTA The 2nd SD4EU 🇪🇺 seminar will address one of the most urgent labour challenges: the gender pay gap. Social partners, institutions and experts will explore concrete ways to promote equality through dialogue. More info soon.

⏳ The wait is almost over! In just 3 weeks, we’ll meet in Rome for the Transnational Seminar 👉 Social protection and gender equality: tools and recommendations for a renewed European social dialogue 📅 26 September 25 Stay tuned — the full programme will be released very soon!

Meet the speakers Marco Natali is president of Confprofessioni, Fondoprofessioni, and the Observatory on Liberal Professions CPA since 1983, an accounting expert, statutory auditor He has held key positions on boards in public institutions, private companies, and foundations

#MeetTheSpeakers Paola Profeta 🎓 Her research, teaching, and policy work focus on gender economics, women in politics, policies 4 promoting gender equality&female leadership, public economics, welfare systems, comparative taxation, and political economy of taxation&welfare state

#MeetTheSpeakers 🎓 Now President of Confprofessioni Sardegna, Board Member of Fondoprofessioni, and Coordinator of the European Desk of Confprofessioni in Brussels. She practiced as a lawyer for 40 years Expert in European policies, equal opportunities, and gender equality.