… Sexism is inefficient Sexist assumptions and practices can hold employees back and channel them into … roles seen to require stereotypically ‘feminine’ skills. Men have been found to rapidly leave jobs dominated by women … harassment [3][4] . Less than half of EU citizens believe genderequality has been achieved at work. Source: …
… linked to beliefs around the fundamental nature of women andmenand the roles they should play in society. Sexist … about women andmen, which manifest themselves as gender stereotypes , can rank one gender as superior to …
… long-term care will increase, given the ageing population and increasing life expectancy across the EU (EIGE, 2020e; … they spend fewer years living in good health than men, and are more likely to develop health problems and live … by such care. This positive effect is highly relevant to genderequality, as women are the majority of caregivers, …
… Despite recent policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In 2018, on average, women’s gross hourly pay was 14.8 % lower than men’s (Eurostat, 2020). The pay gap stems from a combination …
… use of mobile devices, digitalisation of working processes and online communication allow more flexibility in where and … to the achievement of equality between women andmen in the labour market. The GenderEquality Index 2019 showed that work–life balance …
… closely related processes: increased flexibility of work and the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in work … other, more stable jobs. These changes can affect genderequality both positively and negatively. On the one … is highly prevalent in ICT: 93 % of women and 88 % of men ICT specialists are employees; ICT workers are more …
… 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 … analyses the differences in participation of women andmen in two quite different types of job opportunities linked …
… work centres on the increased use of digital technologies and their capacity to replace or complement workers in an … the majority of workplaces in the EU labour market, gender differences in the use of ICT at work persist. … to use some digital technologies less frequently than men (Figure 41), which is likely to limit their employment …
… Gender differences in digital skills and use of digital … are particularly relevant to the contribution of women andmen to the development of digital technologies and the gender …
… become a basis for global competitiveness, boosting jobs and growth. Digital societies require digital competencies if … Women in Digital (WiD)), the following analysis looks at gender differences in information, communication, … Cyprus and Bulgaria) show women scoring higher than men on internet user skills. The biggest gender gaps (to …
… in many ways, for example if the relationship between genderand technology is viewed as mutually constitutive: … that societies with greater equality between women andmen also perform better in the area of the digital economy …
… resulting from the adoption of new ICT, increased use and storage of digitally codified information, and new … labour market regulation, paying only limited attention to genderequality prospects. This section focuses on the … subsection analyses the employment prospects for women andmen within these economic activities, while the third …
… The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health systems and affected the health and lives of innumerable people, both directly and indirectly. Although gender-disaggregated data are not provided by all countries, data suggest that infected men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than infected women …
… Examination of the GenderEquality Index confirms that good health and healthcare are not enjoyed equally by all women andmen. Age, education, migration status, family status and …
… The 2020 GenderEquality Index still reflects the pre-COVID-19 period. … improved their score by more than 1 point, with Sweden and the United Kingdom alternating between 1st and 2nd … score at EU level is a mere 75.4 points. Data show that men are more likely to engage in smoking and drinking, while …
… power [1] has increased by almost 12 points since 2010, and by 1.6 points between 2017 and 2018, maintaining the same … respectively. However, while Spain showed improvement in genderequality in all subdomains, the Netherlands lost … political power looks at the representation of women andmen in national parliaments, government and regional/local …
… the lower score in the time domain, pointing to persistent gender inequalities. This is important from both a genderequalityand a well-being perspective (Brajša-Žganec et al., 2011. … outside the home, the participation of working women andmen is extremely low in some countries and varies …
… as essential to enable people to reconcile paid work and care responsibilities. This is particularly true for … affect women as care recipients, as more women than men are dependent on long-term care, and also as caregivers, … related targets) were restated in the European Pact for GenderEquality (2011–2020) and referred to in the Europe …
… the third lowest scoring of the six domains comprising the GenderEquality Index and is characterised by a persistent lack of progress and … of care activities measures gender gaps in women’s andmen’s involvement in the care and/or education of their …
… The engagement of women andmen (aged 15 or older) in formal or non-formal education … participation levels are very low in most of the EU, gender differences are essentially non-existent in 16 Member …