… harassment, which is any unwanted behaviour directed to someone because they are a woman or a man, and sexual … surveyed women about experiencing sexual harassment in the employment context, men were perpetrators in 86 % of cases … principle of equal treatment between men and women in the accessto and supply of goods and services, and …
… may feel that they must or be required by their employers to maintain a strong online presence. In this context, … including repeated misogynistic insults and incitement to hatred, nude photomontages and pornographic videos. This … 2016; Johnston and Land-Kazlauskas, 2018). With the employment status of workers in the platform economy shifting …
… an intrinsic part of our everyday lives. AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing … The complexity of an algorithm is such that even full access would not bring any clarity as to how the output was … et al., 2019). AI is increasingly used in hiring or pre-employment assessments, which constitute a clear determinant …
… in ICT but the gender pay gap persists Attracting women to well-paid ICT and STEM jobs is seen as an important policy … pay gap and gender inequalities by improving women’s accessto the labour market (Barzilay and Ben-David, 2016). … gender-blind algorithms has the potential to promote equal accessto jobs and more flexible work schemes that would …
… new forms of work. Increases in work flexibility date back to the 1980s, when the introduction of ICT transformed the … with fixed working time towards less secure forms of employment situated within a ‘complex and multi-faceted … workers; discrimination, harassment and violence at work; access of platform workers to social protection; collective …
… technological change is shaped and structured according to societal norms and relations, which are in turn influenced … States in relation to economic growth, productivity and employment (see Section 9.2). The digital performance of the … tackling the digital gender divide (e.g. gender gaps in accessto and use of digital technologies, in digital-related …
… countries, data suggest that infected men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than infected women (BMJ Global Health, … condition worse and 26 % said that they were unable toaccess mental health support. Peer support groups and … [1] A large part of these costs arises from lower employment rates and productivity of people with mental …
… family status and disability all intersect with gender to some extent and impact one of the main indicators of … therefore to have a low income. Indeed, the data show that accessto health services – especially dental care – was connected toemployment status, as well as level of income: 9.9 % of …
… with the lower score in the time domain, pointing to persistent gender inequalities. This is important from … and a well-being perspective (Brajša-Žganec et al., 2011. Accessto leisure time and activities, while an essential … 2015). This is particularly true for people in precarious employment, such as platform workers (see Chapter 9). Looking …
… care services has long been acknowledged as essential to enable people to reconcile paid work and care … workers are often employed in irregular jobs with no accessto social protection or labour rights (ILO, 2018b; … in the labour market. At the societal level, the employment lost as a result of women’s caring …
… year, reaching 72.2 points in 2018. It may be optimistic to expect this growth to continue, as it is based on a period … of the following changes. The gender gaps in FTE employment rates and duration of working life have reduced … be involved in precarious or informal work, with limited accessto various work and social protections, which puts …
… noticeable progress in the EU towards increased women’s employment rates, lower risks of poverty for both women and … and economic decision-making, and policy developments to support work–life balance, there remains a need for more … are involved in precarious or informal work, with limited accessto various work and social protections, placing them …
… Women’s economic empowerment is central to realising women’s rights and gender equality. Investing in … shock. Women are lower paid, save less and have limited accessto social protection. Recent decades have seen the … tends to increase non-standard and precarious employment, such as short-term, part-time, low-paid and …
… – 1 point every 2 years – it will take more than 60 years to achieve gender equality in the EU. The gender balance in … sectors employing a high proportion of women, with women’s employment falling more sharply than it did during the 2008 … to informal care for family members but also in terms of accessto leisure time and activities. Increasing time …