The goals of the programme are: promotion of equal employment opportunities for males and females, improvement of balance between genders in high-ranking positions, integration of the aspect of genders in education, national defence, culture, healthcare and international cooperation areas.
The programme notes that male and female employment is at a similar level, but in 2012 men earned on average 12.6 higher wages for the same work as women. Meanwhile, in enterprises providing financial and insurance services the difference sometimes reached as much as 40%.
According to the data of Statistics Lithuania, in 2013 most women worked in companies providing health and social care, accommodation, catering, financial and insurance services. Meanwhile predominant number of men worked in construction, transportation, agriculture and IT sectors.
