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Gender in numbers

Barcelona City Council makes available to citizens an exhaustive range of data in different areas to learn in detail and rigorously about the living conditions of women in the city, as well as the existing situations of gender inequality.

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    Socio-demographic profile

    75.5% of households of people over 65 who live alone are headed by women.

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    Employment

    In Barcelona, ​​unemployment, temporary employment and part-time work are mostly female.

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    Domestic and care work

    Women continue to assume the majority of domestic and caregiving tasks.

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    Incomes, housing and feminisation of poverty

    In Barcelona, ​​women earn, on average, 17% less than men.

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    Political and social participation

    There is parity between male and female councillors in the council // Institutional participation in the City Council is equal.

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    Health

    Women have a higher life expectancy than men but a worse state of health.

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    Education

    Women are increasingly educated, but studies are still segregated by gender.

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    Culture and collective memory

    Women participate more in most cultural practices.

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    Urban space and environment

    Women recycle more than men.

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    Mobility

    Men use private vehicles more to move around the city.

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Gender data by areas

This collection is based on the Gender in Figures Report. You can consult the data from the various areas below:

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    Sociodemographic profile

    Main characteristics of women and men living in Barcelona: age, household structure, origin, etc.

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    Occupations

    Current structure of the labor market based on data on activity, employment, unemployment, quality of employment, wages, etc., which highlights the labor reality of women compared to men.

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    Domestic and care work

    Home maintenance tasks and care for dependent people. A crucial job, traditionally carried out by women, practically alone, and little valued socially and economically.

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    Feminization of poverty: income and housing

    Data on the multiple dimensions of poverty that shape the way in which women suffer from precariousness, vulnerability and exclusion in a differential way.

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    Political and social participation

    Participation in entities, associations, institutional spaces, etc. Information and data on the presence of men and women in the public sphere.

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    Health

    Gender is relevant in the health status of women and men: life expectancy, health status, healthy habits, sexual and reproductive health, etc.

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    Education

    Beyond access to education and the level of instruction, to identify the existence of gender inequalities in the educational field, the composition of non-compulsory studies by branch and by sex is observed.

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    Culture and collective memory

    Women play an active and key role in cultural activity in the city that needs to be known and recognized. At the same time, the recovery of historical memory is especially important to make visible the contributions of women in our society.

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    Lives free from gender violence

    Gender-based violence is a key component of gender discrimination and a serious expression of the structural inequality that exists between men and women.

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    Urban space and environment

    The neighborhoods and city of Barcelona have very specific characteristics that condition the lifestyles, health, and even freedom of the people who live there based on gender.

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    Mobility

    Differential mobility patterns between men and women: use of public and private transport, number and reason for trips, etc.

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