… and it is not for us to try to control this. Yet the low numbers of women in AI are a symptom of a larger problem. … for women. Without representation, women miss out on well-paid and respected jobs in a growing industry. Professional sectors dominated by …
… until quite recently only been for free in the home, or in jobs without much power. So it is perhaps little surprise … the existing system hasn’t quite worked. Women are still paid less. They are in a minority in positions of power, but … are not news to anyone here today. The gender pay gap, low numbers of women in engineering and computer science, …
… persist in the EU. Women are less likely to be in paid work than men, with 67 % of working age women in … leave for fathers. However, take-up remains extremely low as caring is still considered women’s work. Before the … of personal care workers are women. Although we know such jobs are essential, the Covid crisis really drove this point …
… of care and who takes on this essential work, whether it’s paid or unpaid has also received a lot more attention in … strong emotional demands, irregular working hours, low pay and under-appreciation. Women are also heavily … these sectors. Yet the pay and working conditions of these jobs frequently do not reflect their importance. Despite the …
… in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often accompanied by poor … are some of the lowest paid people in the EU. Their low salaries are a reflection of a bigger issue, namely that … done by men. This is clear when we look at the salaries of jobs largely done by women – care work and education for …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … million care workers in the EU. Many find themselves in lowpaid, temporary jobs, with little career prospects. What needs to change? For …
… (820 billion euros) and create an additional 1.2 million jobs. In the EU comparison, the Baltic States, as well as … in Lithuania, whereas the range within the EU is from as low as 20% in Luxembourg and as high as 44% in Latvia. … here women are missing out on jobs that are generally well paid and secure. “Gender segregation is a problem for the …
… work they choose. More boys end up in engineering and IT jobs, while girls dominate teaching and caring professions. … the type of jobs they go into are usually valued less and paid less, e.g. child-care workers. EIGE’s study on gender … be on people who work less than 10 hours a week, earn a low salary or have a contract for less than a year – …
… or partners are out of the labour market or earn very low income. Women with children have a relatively low employment rate. Only half (55 %) of women with three or … or sick and disabled relatives keeps many women out of paid work and this has life-long consequences for their …