… can hold employees back and channel them into the wrong roles. Women may be shut out of senior positions or diverted … harassment [3][4] . Less than half of EU citizens believe gender equality has been achieved at work. Source: … an organisation’s image 94 % of EU citizens believe gender equality is a fundamental right Source: Eurobarometer …
… your internal and external communication to remove gender stereotypes? Do you try to maintain gender balance when allocating tasks and responsibilities on … Do you apply your unconscious bias training related to gender when you are involved in recruitment processes, giving …
… around the fundamental nature of women and men and the roles they should play in society. Sexist assumptions about women and men, which manifest themselves as gender stereotypes , can rank one gender as superior to another. Such hierarchical thinking can …
… by such care. This positive effect is highly relevant to gender equality, as women are the majority of caregivers, … 2016). Forthcoming EIGE research highlights that the gender care gap is the ‘missing link’ in analysis of the gender pay gap and gender inequalities in the labour market …
… women asked respondents about their experience of online gender-based violence. While 14 % of women who had … technology: online abuse of women public figures and gender-based violence affecting platform workers. Online … of violence from users. This is particularly the case in roles where platform workers interact with users and clients …
… and assessment of potential risks, such as algorithmic gender bias and discrimination. AI has been high on the EU … by AI systems (European Commission, 2020d). In the EU gender equality strategy 2020–2025, the Commission reiterated … of women as creators and users in order to avoid gender bias (European Commission, 2020c). Gender bias in AI …
… recent policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In 2018, on average, women’s gross … and sectoral segregation, part-time or temporary work, gender stereotypes and norms, difficulties in reconciling … work schemes that would allow women to assume dual roles as employees and caregivers (Barzilay and Ben-David, …
… segregated nature of the EU labour market, the variety of gender stereotypes around employment in certain jobs and related gender differences in career expectations. This section … structure following the well-established patterns of gender segregation in the broader economy. Definition of …
… Gender differences in digital skills and use of digital … out, particularly among young people. However, the lack of gender diversity in the workforce likely to invent, design, … and men to the development of digital technologies and the gender dynamics at play in that sector: the gender make-up of …
… Women in Digital (WiD)), the following analysis looks at gender differences in information, communication, … advance those skills. Advanced digital skills of women and gender equality go hand in hand The WiD Scoreboard monitors … higher than men on internet user skills. The biggest gender gaps (to women’s disadvantage) are in Luxembourg, …
… risk of abuse, compared with older men (Saripapa, 2019). Gender is a risk factor for victims of elderly abuse not only … (EIGE, 2020a). Within the LGBTQI* community, the gender component exacerbates the risk of violence and … ‘normalise’ them and align them with the assigned genderroles and sex of rearing (Carpenter, 2016). In February 2019, …
… participation levels are very low in most of the EU, gender differences are essentially non-existent in 16 Member … adult learning – Sweden, Denmark and Finland – where the gender gaps in favour of women are 12 p.p., 7 p.p. and … could play an essential role in closing this skills gap. Gender segregation in education remains a major barrier to …
… Progress towards gender equality in the EU remains slow. The Gender Equality Index score in 2018 was 67.9 points, just … Denmark, France and Finland took the top rankings in gender quality. Italy, Luxembourg and Malta experienced the …
… has changed – creating both opportunities for and risks to gender equality. However, academic, public and policy debates on the digital future of work have often adopted gender-neutral perspectives that fail to address the central role of digitalisation in transforming gender relations in positive and negative ways (Scheele, …
… The unequal distribution of paid and unpaid work along gender lines is considered one of the root causes of gender inequality in society as a whole and in the labour … strategy 2020–2025 includes closing gender gaps in caring roles as one of its priorities. It proposes a series of …
… and high-quality educational processes, are essential for gender equality and for Europe’s future economic prosperity. The Index looks at gender segregation in higher education, graduates of tertiary … segregation in education is emphasised in the new EU gender equality strategy 2020–2025, which highlights the need …
… In March 2020, the European Commission presented the new EU gender equality strategy 2020–2025. The strategy builds on … Commission, 2020c). The EU has made some improvements in gender equality in recent decades. However, given that the EU is considered a global leader in gender equality, this progress is taking place at a snail’s …