Luxembourg (Europe)

The Women in Digital Scoreboard assesses women’s participation in the digital economy

Last week, the European Commission released its first-ever Women in Digital Scoreboard: a simple study with huge implications.

According to the Scoreboard, Luxembourg’s public-private measures aimed at giving everyone access to the digital economy – whether children, immigrants, low-earners or women – are having an impact.

Of the 29 member states referenced in 2018’s Women in Digital Index, Luxembourg ranked third overall – the lone non-Scandinavian country in the top four – wedged between Sweden, and Denmark, with Finland earning top honors.

Across Europe, countries are accelerating their efforts to close the digital gender gap, because, in a very literal sense, it represents untapped potential. As the Scoreboard publication accurately puts it, “The underrepresentation of women in the digital economy is a missed opportunity for Europe and is costing us dearly.” 

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In 2016, the unadjusted gender pay gap stood at just over 16% in the European Union (EU). In other words, women earned on average 84 cents for every euro a man makes per hour. Across Member States, the gender pay gap in 2016 ranged from just over 5% in Romania and Italy, to more than 25% in Estonia, followed by the Czech Republic and Germany (both almost 22%).

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