9 February 2018 Hana Velecka, EMPL C3 EESC Public hearing Women with disabilities in the EU: situation and way forward Panel 2: The way forward: policy developments and recommendations 9 February 2018 Hana Velecka, EMPL C3

People with and without disabilities Employment gap between people without and with disabilities - 25.7 percentage points (pps) (73.1% versus 47.4%) Unemployment gap - 9.4 pps Activity gap - 22.4 pps Early school leaving gap (age 18-24) - 10.3 pps Tertiary education gap (age group 30-34)- 13.6 pps Poverty or social exclusion gap - 10.1 pps (in 2016) Data from EU-SILC 2015, 2016 5 novembre 2014 Name, surname – EMPL C1

Women versus men with disabilities Employment gap - 5.9 pps Almost no unemployment gap between women and men with disabilities - 1.7 pps Activity gap - 8.7 pps Early school leaving gap (age 18-29) - 5.6 pps Tertiary education gap - 9.1 pps (women 31.7%, men 22.6% in the age group 30-39) Poverty or social exclusion gap between men and women with disabilities - 1.6 pps (in 2016) EU-SILC 2015, 2016

Employment rate of persons with disabilities by gender and Member State (age 20-64), 2015 Graph made by ANED

Persons with disabilities - % of early school leavers by gender, Age 18-29, mean 2014-2015 Graph made by ANED

Percent of persons with disabilities who have completed a tertiary or equivalent education by gender . Age 30-39, 2013-2015 Graph made by ANED

European Semester 2017: Disability in Country Reports 2017 27 Country Reports (all MS except Greece) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 8 MSs EMPLOYMENT: 13 MSs SOCIAL PROTECTION: 10 MSs EDUCATION: 2 MSs

Country reports 2017 – Disability – Employment, Education Low participation of persons with disabilities in labour market: CZ, DK, EE, IE, CY, HU, LV, LT, LU, RO, MT, NL, UK Low Tertiary Education attainment and a high number of early school leavers: MT, RO

Country reports 2017 –Disability- Social protection High risk of poverty or social exclusion for persons with disabilities: BE, BG, CY, LV, LT, MT, PL, RO, UK Improved situation in the area of social protection for persons with disabilities: SK

The Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) detailed statistics from EU-SILC, national monitoring and thematic reports online tool Dotcom to monitor national and EU instruments in the field of disability law and standards specific gender reports in future?

Exchange of information High Level Group on Disability (Member States, civil society, the Council of Europe) – discussions on women - 18 May 2017 (campaign on violence), and on 15 December 2016 (in general on women with disabilities, and on the Strategic Engagement for gender equality) Peer reviews on employment and social inclusion issues - Employment Committee, Social Protection Committee

European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 The Strategy contains 8 specific areas for action: Accessibility of goods and services Participation as equal citizens in Europe Equality and combating discrimination Employment in the open labour market Inclusive education and training Social protection to combat poverty and social exclusion Equal access to health services and related facilities EU external action including EU enlargement, neighbourhood policy, political cooperation, multilateral action, and international development programmes

Progress report 2017 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1137 Analysis of the responses to the public consultation on the review of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, June 2016

Academy of European Law (ERA) ERA organises trainings for legal and policy practitioners on legal matters related to UNCRPD Partners – the European Disability Forum and the European Foundation Centre In 2017 - six seminars covering UNCRPD and its legal status in general, several specific topics, articles of the Convention, case studies Seminar in Prague in October 2017 - women with disabilities were specifically covered as well  http://www.era-comm.eu/UNCRPD/

European Pillar on Social Rights The Pillar was proposed by the Commission and jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission in the Social Summit in Gothenburg on 17 November 2017. The Pillar contains twenty rights and principles, which will guide us in the years ahead. 4 principles highly relevant for women with disabilities:

Principle 2. Gender equality Equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men must be ensured and fostered in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. Women and men have the right to equal pay for work of equal value.

Principle 3. Equal opportunities Regardless of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, everyone has the right to equal treatment and opportunities regarding employment, social protection, education, and access to goods and services available to the public. Equal opportunities of under-represented groups shall be fostered.

Principle 9. Work-life balance Parents and people with caring responsibilities have the right to suitable leave, flexible working arrangements and access to care services. Women and men shall have equal access to special leaves of absence in order to fulfil their caring responsibilities and be encouraged to use them in a balanced way.

Principle 17. Inclusion of people with disabilities People with disabilities have the right to income support that ensures living in dignity, services that enable them to participate in the labour market and in society, and a work environment adapted to their needs.

Pillar actions Work-life balance initiative – proposal for a Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers paternity and parental leaves for fathers carers' leave – 5 days + possibility to request flexible working arrangements needs of parents having a disability and parents with children with a disability ”Member States shall assess the need for the conditions of access and detailed arrangements for the application of parental leave to be adapted to the needs of adoptive parents, parents having a disability and parents with children with a disability or long-term illness.” (Article 5 of the proposal of the Directive)

Call for proposals VP/2018/005 on Innovative Work-Life balance Strategies to facilitate reconciliation of professional and caring responsibilities (EaSI) allocation of 10 000 000 euro (for 5-7 projects) for public bodies, the deadline is 18 April 2018 The objectives of this call are: to develop, test and/or implement innovative work-life balance strategies in the workplace to develop sustainable multi-level partnership; to foster knowledge and experience-sharing between different Member States and/or companies, etc. http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en&callId=525&furtherCalls=yes

Non-discrimination in employment Monitoring of the Directive 2000/78 prohibiting discrimination in employment and occupation on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation Preparation of the awareness-raising campaign on EU anti-discrimination policy in employment focusing also on race and gender (covered by different Directives) Financed by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC)

European Structural and Investment Funds ESIF 2014-2020 allocations: social inclusion (almost 45 billion euro), employment (almost 41 billion euro) and education (almost 35 billion euro) The number of participants supported in 2014-2016: • Number of women supported by European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative: 4,040,264 (51.5% of all participants supported) • Number of women with disabilities supported by ESF and YEI: 276,769 (43.5% of all people with disabilities supported)

Thematic objective 8 on employment: (i) Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including the long-term unemployed and people far from the labour market, also through local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility; Budget: EUR 11.6 billion Project selection rate end 2016: 39% (iv) Equality between men and women in all areas, including in access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work; Budget: EUR 1.6 billion Project selection rate end 2016: 35%  

Thematic objective 9 on social inclusion: (i) Active inclusion, including with a view to promoting equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability; Budget: EUR 13.4 billion Project selection rate end 2016: 36% (ii) Combating all forms of discrimination and promoting equal opportunities; Budget: EUR 443.5 million Project selection rate end 2016: not available

Future Disability strategy Independent external evaluation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 – in 2018-19 Online public consultation – 2019 Smaller targeted consultations with civil society and Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth

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