EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA WOMEN DEMOGRAPHICS GENDER AT A GLANCE 81839 MEN POPULATION BY AGE, 2010 Source: UN World Population Prospects. SLOVAK REPUBLIC 90-94 75-79 GNI per capita (Atlas Method) US$17,1701 60-64 Population living below US$2.50 <1%2 Most recent…. 45-49 Government Gender Action Plan 2010-2013 Country Gender Assessment Not available 30-34 1 2 Source: WDI, 2012. EU-SILC, 2010. Estimated as of September, 2013. 15-19 EQUALITY IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, 2000-2011 0-4 Source: GenderStats, UNECE, Inter-Parliamentary Union. Female gross WOMEN EDUCATION secondary MEN 2000 enrollment 100 2011* SHARE OF TERTIARY GRADUATES BY AREA OF STUDY, 2011 Source: GenderStats. Health 50 Education Social science, business and law Female labor Humanities and arts Share of women force 0 Agriculture in parliament participation (ages 15-64) Services Science Engineeri ng, manufacturing and constructi on 0% 50% 100% Women's monthly wages as WOMEN a share of men's JOBS MEN (unadjusted) *Women’s wages as a share of men’s (2010); Share of women in parliament (2013). LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION (%) , 2000- 2011 Source: GenderStats. 80 GLOBAL INDICES Score Max Rank Year 75 World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Index 0.6824 1 70/135 2012 70 UNDP 65 Gender Empowerment Measure 0.663 1 32/109 2009 60 OECD 55 Social Institutions & Gender Index - 0 - 2012 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR*(%), 2012 Source: EuroStat. *Sectors include those with over 5% of total employment. Sector share of total employment Human health and social work 10% Education 7% Wholesale and retail trade; repairs 25% Public administration and defence 8% Manufacturing 12% Transportation and storage 7% Construction 7% 0% 50% 100% LEGAL FRAMEWORK The constitution of the Slovak Republic guarantees equality for men and women before the law. Men and women have equal ownership and inheritance rights to property. The default marital property regime is partial community of property. There are no laws restricting the industries in which women may work. Women are entitled to 238 calendar days of maternity leave with 65% of wages paid. Parents are entitled to an additional 1,053 days of partially paid parental leave. The law guarantees pregnant and nursing women workplace protections from dismissal, placement in an equivalent position when they return from maternity leave, and rights to a flexible schedule. The law stipulates public provision of childcare for children under the age of pri- mary education. The age at which both men and women can retire and receive full benefits is 62. Source: Women, Business, and the Law (2013). PERCEPTIONS Roma Non-Roma ROMA POPULATION Educational expectation for boys/girls (16+)… For boys For girls For boys For girls Primary education 1% 1% 0% 0% Roma Non-Roma Lower secondary education 15% 17% 7% 7% KEY INDICATORS Male Female Male Female Upper secondary education 61% 61% 45% 53% Literacy rate (16+) 97% 97% 100% 100% Post-secondary education 23% 20% 48% 40% Gross enrollment rate Roma Non-Roma (Upper-secondary education 16-19) 30% 42% 75% 74% Believe it somewhat or fully acceptable... Male Female Male Female Average years of education (25-64) 9.1 9.1 11.2 11.5 For a man to slap his wife 45% 36% 26% 33% Employment rate (15-64) 20% 9% 46% 30% For a wife to slap her husband 43% 42% 29% 41% Unemployment rate (15-64) 64% 78% 27% 40% Felt discriminated against because of… POVERTY Roma Non-Roma Ethnicity 52% 56% 15% 9% PPP$2.15 expenditures based 1% 2% Gender 9% 13% 4% 5% PPP$4.30 expenditures based 10% 5% Source: UNDP/WB/EC Roma survey for the Slovak Republic (2011). Slovak Republic Europe & Central OECD High Income Year* Asia KEY INDICATORS Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Endowments: Education, Health, and Demographics Gross primary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 101 100 103 102 105 104 103 103 2011 Gross secondary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 91 91 100 97 99 99 102 102 2011 Gross tertiary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 43 66 54 66 62 74 65 81 2011 Primary completion rate (% of relevant age group) 96 96 98 99 101 101 100 101 2011 Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above) 99 98 99 98 Labor force with tertiary education (% of relevant group) 17 23 25 31 32 37 2011 Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment - 101 - 98 - 100 - 99 2011 Life expectancy at birth (years) 72 80 73 80 77 82 76 82 2011 Maternal mortality rates (per 100,000 live births) - 6 - 21 - 19 - 16 2010 Fertility rates (births per woman) - 1.5 - 1.7 - 1.8 - 1.7 2011 Access to Economic Opportunity Labor participation rate (% of population ages 15-64) 76 62 77 62 79 62 79 65 2011 Unemployment (% of labor force) 13.5 13.5 8.9 8.7 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.8 2011 Youth unemployment (% of population ages 15-24) 33.0 33.6 19.9 20.5 17.2 16.5 18.0 17.0 2011 Self-employed (% of employed men/women) 21 10 22 15 18 13 15 10 2011 Employment rate of persons ages 25-49 with a child under 3 living in household Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) - 30 - - - 2009 Gender pay gap (in average monthly earnings, % of men's - 25 - - - 2010 wages, unadjusted) Share of women employed in the non-agricultural sector (% of - 49 - 47 - 46 - 48 2010 total non-agricultural employment) Account at a formal financial institution (% age 15+) 80 79 73 66 86 80 92 87 2011 Agency Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments(%) - 19 - 24 - 25 - 24 2013 Firms with female top managers (%) - 20 - - - 2009 Share of women among ministers (%) - 14 - 19 - 24 - 20 2012 Percentage agreeing that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife *Indicates year of country data. All benchmarking data is from the most recent available year. Data from GenderStats (extracted September 10, 2013), UNECE, Inter-Parliamentary Union (as of September 1, 2013), and the central statistics office of the Slovak Republic. DATA Please note that where possible, data is from harmonized, internationally comparable sources. WANT TO KNOW MORE? For more information, please visit the Gender Data Portal at www.datatopics.worldbank.org/gender