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glass ceiling

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Artificial impediments and invisible barriers that militate against women’s access to top decision-making and managerial positions in an organisation, whether public or private and in whatever domain. 

Additional notes and information

Sources

Boundless (2015). Women as a Minority. Boundless Sociology. Available at: https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbo...

Ryšiai

Related term:
discrimination against women, equal treatment of women and men, gender quotas, glass cliff, invisible barriers, sticky floor, vertical segregation
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1228?lang=en
Filed under: 
Care, work and economy
Work

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.