… How individuals spend their time is a fundamental aspect of gender equality. The amount of time spent in paid work, … regarded as a determinant of health. Policies promoting women’s participation in the labour force and easing their burden of …
… Equal access to quality education is a key driver of change in the work, money and power domains, and is … attainment continues to steadily increase among both young women and men, with women now outpacing men. Gender … science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Participation in adult learning decreases with age, and …
… resources remained, overall, still more restricted for women than for men. According to Eurostat, in the EU in 2019, … 14 % lower than for men. Low hourly gross earnings of lone parents, especially of lone mothers, is of particular … food and safe homes, and it indirectly affects social participation and life opportunities, such as sport and …
… You can test your own biases to ensure your understanding of sexism and sexual harassment. How did you do in the ‘ Test yourself ’ section? Ensure your own understanding of sexism and sexual harassment to ensure your credibility. … support gender balance, the promotion gap between women and men disappeared [2] . 3. Take the pulse of your …
… Professions and pay The perception that women and men have different skills is part of the reason they are concentrated in different professional … T. and Shaker, L., ’Gender inequality in deliberative participation’, American Political Science Review, Vol. 106, …
… In coming years, the number of people needing long-term care will increase, given the … reducing loneliness and isolation (Iancu and Iancu, 2017). Women are the primary beneficiaries of these technological … labour market generally (e.g. in relation to labour market participation and quality of employment). Technology could …
… The use of mobile devices, digitalisation of working processes and … and to contribute to the achievement of equality between women and men in the labour market. The Gender Equality Index … carers or those who face other obstacles to their full participation in the traditional labour market – it is …
… with two closely related processes: increased flexibility of work and the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in … of work is hailed as a promising way to support further participationofwomen and certain disadvantaged groups in the labour market …
… to replace human work, digitalisation offers a range of new opportunities, either by transforming existing jobs or … expectations. This section analyses the differences in participationofwomen and men in two quite different types of job …
… Much of the current policy debate about the future of work centres … 10 workplaces in the EU (European Commission, 2016b). Yet women continue to use some digital technologies less … of jobs held by women may well be linked to increased participationof highly qualified women in the labour market …
… require digital competencies if they are to ensure full participationof people in social and working life. The internet has been … EU Digital Scoreboard (Digital Economy and Society Index, Women in Digital (WiD)), the following analysis looks at …
… On the one hand, this means that the types of technologies used in different historical, political and … Index shows that societies with greater equality between women and men also perform better in the area of the digital … for a job in Sweden, Malta, Slovakia, Croatia and France. Participation in online professional networks (LinkedIn, …
… The spread of technology is having a colossal impact on the labour … acquisition across different sectors in order to provide women and men of all ages with opportunities to advance. The … who collaborate to reduce digital skill gaps in civic participation, the labour market and education (European …
… health systems and affected the health and lives of innumerable people, both directly and indirectly. Although … men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than infected women (BMJ Global Health, 2020). A similar trend was seen in … health problems), behavioural risk factors (e.g. a history of smoking), working conditions and other social factors …
… The presence ofwomen in EU national parliaments (both houses) has increased … gender balance; that is, they comprise at least 40 % of each gender. The parliaments of Croatia, Malta and Hungary … and Italy (26 % to 34 %). Although addressing the unequal participationofwomen in government is a priority, the …
… With an EU score of 61.6 points, social activities is the subdomain with the … and leisure activities carried out outside the home, the participationof working women and men is extremely low in some countries and varies …
… The availability of high-quality, affordable care services has long been … and care responsibilities. This is particularly true for women with children, who are still expected to shoulder a … [7] , which has clear consequences for their participation in the labour market. At the societal level, …