… information about people’s gender. Doing this supports the stereotype that the ‘normal’ version of this profession … for a woman to be career-focussed and is insulting to women – one never hears of a ‘career man’. Another common way that gender is included in writing about people when it is not relevant is through …
… society. A gender stereotype is a preconceived idea where women and men are assigned characteristics and roles … (such as a profession) share a gender, for example the assumption that all company directors are men and all … genders by placing expectations on what people should be. In many cases unconscious cultural stereotypes will be …
… Improvements in work-life balance for all can be achieved in a variety of ways. The initiatives that companies can offer can range from … design of the measure. Is the initiative intended for both women and men? Encouraging men’s participation in care …
… The digitalisation of virtually all sectors of economic … for economic growth and for a greater inclusion of womeninthe labour market. The need for STEM and ICT skills is …
… weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment was established in Lower Saxony in 2004, inthe framework of gender-mainstreaming work. As a consequence, … They have to demonstrate if, and in which way(s), women and men may be affected differently by the proposed …
… Women-ReBoot is an intensive, active programme designed, … network, led by a sector federation (Technology Ireland), in partnership with technology companies. The programme addresses the skills shortage inthe tech …
… The Kapsch Group is a worldwide operating company with headquarters in Austria. Within the scope of its good-employer policy, the … to work easier. With initiatives targeting men as well as women, company figures show that both genders benefit from …
… As one of the largest corporations in Germany, Deutsche Telekom AG was … a work–life balance project, the Frauen Mint awards for women and girls studying ICT, and the former JUMP in MINT, a …
… A key aim of the initiatives Girls as Engineers! and Girls Go Science! is … attractions and long-term potential benefits of a career in one of the tech professions. Another important goal is to … a rate of around 6%. The need to attract larger numbers of women into the ICT sector is a familiar issue for the …
… a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. The AON Centre for Innovation and Analytics plays a core technological role in enabling this work. The company’s ethos is firmly … workplace. AON’s white paper, The Gender Gap: Why Men and Women Experience Work Differently is a research-based …
… The Bulgarian Centre for Womenin Technology (BCWT) inspires, … of women studying engineering and progressing in technical professions. Interviews held around the chosen practices …
… sensitivity, understanding and knowledge about gender (in)equality. Awareness raising is a process which helps to facilitate the exchange of ideas, improve mutual understanding and … and services that respond to the different needs of women and men. Definition and purpose Gender awareness …
… This year, EIGE is putting the spotlight on gender equality in education. With three new … reinforce them. For example, through textbooks which show women working in traditional roles, such as nurses and …
… Summary Partnership for Change and Development inthe Local Labour Market ( Partnerstvo za promjene i razvoj na … is a gender equality initiative aimed at increasing rural women’s participation in employment, launched in Croatia in …
… modules on awareness raising, initiation and training in information and communication technologies (ICT). It provides orientation modules that allow women to explore careers in different computing professions, … computing tools (such as administrative assistant). Since the end of the 1980s, the rise in use of personal computers …
… Today Serbia launches the results of its Gender Equality Index making it the first non-EU country to produce an assessment of how equal women and men are inthe various fields of society by applying a broad scale of …