While women across the European Union are increasingly well qualified and tend to out-perform men in terms of educational achievement their participation in the labour market, and hence their economic independence, remains considerably lower than that of men.
Iako su u Europskoj uniji žene sve kvalificiranije i često u obrazovanju postižu bolje rezultate od muškaraca, njihovo je sudjelovanje na tržištu rada i dalje znatno niže nego kod muškaraca, pa je stoga manja i njihova ekonomska neovisnost.