Measuring Gender Equality

Introduction.- Part I Gender studies and indicators for measuring gender equality.- Gender equality, equity and equal opportunities: the object of measurement.- Complexity of social phenomena and the construction of indicators.- The main indicators of gender inequality.- Part II Regional analysis of gender disparities in some European Countries.-  The need for sub-national level analysis to measure gender inequality: opportunities and limitations.- Sociological analysis of Regional Gender Disparities in the study regions.- Data driven policy making: indicators and benchmarking.- Gender responsive regional fiscal policies: a European perspective.- Regional Analysis of Gender Equality for policymaking in the EU and the European Actions of Cohesion Policy.- Conclusions.

Enrico di Bella is Associate Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Genoa, Italy. He received his M.Sc. degree in economics from the University of Genoa in 2002 and his Ph.D. degree in Statistics Applied to Economic and Social Sciences from the University of Padua in 2006. His scientific and research interests are focused on the application of statistical methods in the social sciences along the whole process of knowledge construction and understanding of social phenomena. Among the application areas in which these interests have been developed, a pivotal role is covered by the measurement of gender equality, a topic on which he won as Academic Coordinator the Jean Monnet Erasmus+ which led to the production of this volume. He is the author of numerous scientific publications and conference presentations. He is co-editor of the journal Social Indicators Research (Springer) and a section editor of the Encyclopaedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (Springer).
Sandra Fachelli is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology of Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville. She has a postdoctorate in social science from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), PhD in sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and has a Diploma of Advanced Studies in sociology, Master in Introduction to Research in Sociology (UAB), and Master's in Design and Management of Policies and Social Programs (FLACSO Argentina). She has a BA degree in sociology from the University of Argentina John F. Kennedy. She is a teaching coordinator and professor of the Master's Programme in Applied Social Research Techniques (TISA) that are co-coordinated by UAB and UB. She was member of the Academic Commission and task manager of the INCASI Project. She is President of the Research Committee 06 "Inequality and Social Stratification" of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES). Her main areas of research are inequality, stratificationand social mobility, higher