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… section will present a ten-step programme for management and leadership to start tackling sexism in their … diversity and took several measures to officially support gender balance, the promotion gap between women and men disappeared [2] . 3. Take the pulse of your organisation …

… Such behaviour is also illegal under several EU directives and prohibited under the Council of Europe Convention on … . This section will highlight the link between persistent gender stereotypes and sexual harassment . However, sexual … predominantly women, while perpetrators are predominantly men [5] . According to the largest EU-wide survey on violence …

… feminine behaviour is associated with low status and the domestic sphere, women can benefit from adopting … competent, but subsequently face a backlash for violating gender norms [4] . Resistance to women in positions of power … in 45 European countries found the following [5] : Men Traditional masculinity norms require men to avoid and …

… Professions and pay The perception that women and men have different … engineering and mathematics [1] . Such horizontal gender segregation is partly responsible for the gender pay …

… 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 gender equality has been achieved at work. Source: …

… linked to beliefs around the fundamental nature of women and men and the roles they should play in society. Sexist … about women and men, 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 gender equality, 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 and men in the labour market. The Gender Equality 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 gender equality 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 and men 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 …

… 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 gender and technology is viewed as mutually constitutive: … that societies with greater equality between women and men also perform better in the area of the digital economy …