Estonia
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The coordinating role of equality law drafting and implementation has lain with the Ministry of Social Affairs for over 20 years. The government has reformed its structure and the new coordinator is the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Gender neutral marriage
Steady decrease of the gender pay gap
Registered partnership must be registered in the population register on the same basis as marriage
Female candidates’ low position in the lists
Gender equality ignored by the conservatives
Amending the Equal Treatment Act
Burden of proof
Protection of victims of violence against women during and after state of emergency
Survivor’s right to tell the story v. perpetrator’s honour and dignity
Sexual harassment and assault in the workplace
Gender discrimination in service provision
Gender division of labour
PhD student allowance and scholarship v. pay
Fathers take parental leave and mothers stay at home
Sexual harassment and assault
National Action Plan for preventing intimate partner violence
National Action Plan for preventing intimate partner violence
Police charged the harasser EUR 96
Proposals for legal amendments
Draft law amending the Gender Equality Act and related legal acts
Estonia ratified the Istanbul Convention on 20 September 2017
Equal opportunities
The addition of an article on sexual harassment to the Penal Code (PC)
Backlash in the work of promotion of gender equality
Country reports
Transposition and implementation at national level of Council Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 - State of affairs 1 January 2022
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2022
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2021
Transposition and implementation at national level of Council Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 - State of affairs 1 January 2021
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2020
State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2018
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2018
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2017
State of affairs 01 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2016
State of affairs 01 January 2016
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2015
State of affairs 01 January 2015
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2014?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2014
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2013?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2013
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