… of the contractor’s staff) with internal users / contract managers. (Questions to ask: Are the proposed terms clear? Is … and collect data on the impact (e.g. the number of women hired/promoted under the contract, the pay gap under …
… mainstreaming tool aimed at achieving equality between women and men by focusing on how public resources are … the Commission the mandate to promote equality between women and men throughout the implementation and monitoring of …
… . With entrenched gender segregation in the labour market, women’s over-representation in precarious work and the … stressors are likely to have different impacts on women and men. For example, women constitute 70 % of the … high levels of decision authority and support from managers, intermediate support from colleagues, a positive …
… of the ICPD in Cairo and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995), governments and advocates have … and unequal power relations in society, and may strip women and men of their ability to control their SRHR. … the extent to which an individual can access SRH. Women, in particular, are subjected to sexual and …
… restrictions on movement to contain COVID-19 have trapped women and girls at home with their abusers. If victims of … different intersecting forms of discrimination against women and heighten the risk of violence against women belonging to vulnerable and marginalised groups. This …
… Women’s representation in corporate leadership is improving, … largest publicly listed companies in Member States were women. Although this figures is an all-time high, it is still … each gender on the boards of the largest companies, with women holding 45 % of all positions. Belgium, Italy and …
… in its gendered impacts across the sectors of employment. Women are over-represented among ‘essential’ workers, … to, for example, particularly high burnout levels among women healthcare workers with children younger than 12 years, … the crisis have also been concentrated in sectors in which women make up the bulk of the workforce. During the first …
… population groups, and consistently disadvantageous for women. As Figure 6 shows, the largest gender gap – 27 p.p. – … in 2019 was among couples with children, with 62 % of women, compared with 89 % of men, in this family grouping … employment gender gap, of 21 p.p., is among foreign-born women and men. This is followed by people with low …
… and Oram, S. (2013). Risk factors for mental disorders in women survivors of human trafficking: a historical cohort … violence? Findings from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence. BMC Public Health, … L. J. (2020). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s mental health. Archives of women’s mental health, …
… Gender inequalities in health The conditions in which women and men live, work and spend their time affect their … orientation or disability, influence the resources that women and men can access, their exposure to environmental … from public institutions. Men’s lower life expectancy and women’s poorer mental well-being reflect the effect of gender …
… all domains since 2010, progress has been slow and uneven. Women account for only one in three members of EU national parliaments. Women remain substantially under-represented in corporate … companies, less than 1 in 10 board presidents or CEOs are women. Despite women’s growing involvement in research …
… Harvard: Take the test 2. Be vocal about your commitment Managers should find out what training their organisation … support gender balance, the promotion gap between women and men disappeared [2] . 3. Take the pulse of your … gather data to identify bias , such as the following. Do women or men employees receive lower performance evaluations …
… Women Large numbers of women in positions of authority report sexual harassment. In the EU, 75 % of women in top management positions reported experiencing …
… Women As stereotypically feminine behaviour is associated with low status and the domestic sphere, women can benefit from adopting stereotypically masculine … they ‘have what it takes’ to succeed [1] . However, women who are seen as trying to assert power can face …
… Professions and pay The perception that women and men have different skills is part of the reason … are concentrated in different professional fields . While women are over-represented in care and pre-primary education, … ). [11] Uhlmann et al., 2005. [12] Luxton, E., ‘Why managers give women less feedback’, World Economic Forum, …
… workplace realities have been shaped by the belief that women and men have complementary characteristics , for … example that men are individualistic and dominant, while women are caring and collaborative. However, stereotypically … development books and programmes frequently urge women to stop displaying stereotypically feminine behaviour …
… hold employees back and channel them into the wrong roles. Women may be shut out of senior positions or diverted into … Men have been found to rapidly leave jobs dominated by women due to social stigma, with some preferring unemployment … and masculine practices which intimidate or exclude women and favour fellow men [8] . In practice, it can be …
… reducing loneliness and isolation (Iancu and Iancu, 2017). Women are the primary beneficiaries of these technological … Longer life expectancy, combined with the fact that women tend to marry older men, means that they often outlive … valuable resource for providing long-term care to older women living alone, as it allows medical professionals to …
… and to contribute to the achievement of equality between women and men in the labour market. The Gender Equality Index … of some flexible working arrangements, such as women’s ability to set their own working hours. Read more The … use of flexible working arrangements. For instance, more women do regular home-based telework than their male partners …
… as a promising way to support further participation of women and certain disadvantaged groups in the labour market … unpaid care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) with paid employment, and because it can encompass … Doleac and Stein, 2013), in performance evaluations by managers (Castilla, 2008; Elvira and Town, 2001), in online …