… women? One less-known factor is the favourable approach to work-life balance. Taking a few hours off from work during the day is usually not a problem, working late or … who still tend to take a lion’s share of household and care responsibilities and therefore do not have time to …
… uneven concentration of women and men in studies and at work. This makes the labour market less competitive and … and communications technology (ICT) and health or personal care. Gender segregation poses challenges for these … our ageing society will put more and more pressure on the care sector. There are big gender imbalances and a serious …
… but are not present in others, such as teaching and carework. Gender divisions in the labour market extend to the … on EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming Platform Domain of work in EIGE's Gender Equality Index …
… girls and boys, there is also a division in the type of work they choose. More boys end up in engineering and IT … go into are usually valued less and paid less, e.g. child-care workers. EIGE’s study on gender related challenges in … in the job market. Special focus will be on people who work less than 10 hours a week, earn a low salary or have a …
… in 2011. The training combines two half-days of classroom work with personal or group coaching, carried out by an … (2005) acted as an impetus for the City of Vantaa to work towards achieving greater gender equality in … part of the training activities in the social and health care sector can be mentioned as an example of good practice. …
… adults. Boys are significantly more likely to expect to work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics … to expect their sons, rather than their daughters, to work in a STEM field, even when boys and girls perform at the … lower status positions that are sometimes identified with care-giving (such as primary teaching), whereas men are …
… times longer than men in childcare per day. Likewise, care responsibilities account for the main reason women work far longer hours than men. As a result this limits … specifically focuses on the topic of the reconciliation of work and family life as a condition of equal participation in …