… attainment continues to steadily increase among both young women and men, with women now outpacing men. Gender segregation remains the key … Footnotes [1] The Gender Equality Index indicator on women’s and men’s participation in education and training measures …
… About a third of women who faced sexual harassment in the EU experienced it in … Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) [2] . … A good rule of thumb is that comments about people’s appearance in today’s workplace are best avoided. The FRA …
… 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 … ). [2] EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows that gender inequality is most …
… 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, … this has frequently been interpreted as evidence of women’s lower levels of confidence, follow-up research suggests it …
… 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 … Source: Eurobarometer [5] . Sexism damages an organisation’s image 94 % of EU citizens believe gender equality is …
… has become an integral part of the professional lives of women and men in various work circumstances. It is therefore logical that common experiences affecting women in the workplace, such as sexual harassment, are … reveals the far-reaching impact of abuse on women’s professional and personal lives, with many affected women …
… levels, the gender pay gap persists. In 2018, on average, women’s gross hourly pay was 14.8 % lower than men’s (Eurostat, … work offers this opportunity) (Hyperwallet, 2017). Recent studies suggest that the platform economy is not an easy …
… laptops, desktop computers) to work outside the employer’s premises can help to facilitate better work–life balance. … and to contribute to the achievement of equality between women and men in the labour market. The Gender Equality Index … over their working arrangements (EIGE, 2018d). Some studies show that working from home leads to more work–family …
… as a promising way to support further participation of women and certain disadvantaged groups in the labour market … In the absence of robust quantitative data, recent studies explored the earnings of platform workers … practices that restrict worker autonomy can reduce women’s participation Platform work can be an opportunity to …
… This section analyses the differences in participation of women and men in two quite different types of job … in the use of the term. This report adopts Eurofound’s understanding of platform work as a ‘form of employment … and type of service provided. Some (United States-based) studies indicate that workers who rely on low-wage platform …
… 10 workplaces in the EU (European Commission, 2016b). Yet women continue to use some digital technologies less … from conclusive, the most recent findings from EU-based studies point towards a pattern of job upgrading in recent … patterns, there are signs that the structure of women’s employment is changing, with high-skilled work increasingly …
… aspects are particularly relevant to the contribution of women and men to the development of digital technologies and … only 17 % of female students had opted to enrol in STEM studies, compared with 42 % of male students. As a result, … programmes of study (European Commission, 2016b). EIGE’s research shows that only one third of recent STEM graduate …
… acquisition across different sectors in order to provide women and men of all ages with opportunities to advance. The European Commission’s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition promotes this objective … of the mechanisms put in place by the Commission to assess women’s inclusion in digital jobs, careers and …
… men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than infected women (BMJ Global Health, 2020). A similar trend was seen in … For instance, job loss is a major stressor for men. Studies have shown that during periods of high unemployment … largely unaffected (Parmar et al., 2016). However, women’s struggle with work–life balance may have been aggravated by …