… Attending the OECD and Spanish Presidency Conference on the Future of Girls in STE(A)M on 13 December in Madrid, Spain, Carlien … of male students opt to study these subjects. This gender segregation will lead to very uneven gains and costs ofthe …
… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele delivered this speech for the press at EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2020 conference on … which we publish annually. The Index measures the progress of gender equality in the European Union and shows trends in … lifelong learning due to family responsibilities. Gender segregation is one ofthe unresolved challenges in our …
… markets are still characterised by persistent horizontal segregation, whereby workers in particular sectors are … men. According to 2020 data, only four in ten workers in the EU are employed in a gender-balanced sector, where the workforce comprises at least 40 % of each gender. Transport is a prime example of a sector that …
… The social and economic impacts ofthe COVID-19 crisis … economic shocks created by COVID-19 are likely to derail labourmarket progress on gender equality, and contribute to future disparities: 'Gender segregation in thelabourmarket has left women …
… (ICT) job has many advantages. Still, more than eight out of ten ICT jobs go to men. To mark International Women’s Day, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) focuses on … a future in tech. This trend threatens to widen gender segregation even more. This is a real problem for Europe. ICT …
… The EU’s economy has a major weakness: the uneven concentration of women and men in studies and at work. This makes the … technology (ICT) and health or personal care. Gender segregation poses challenges for these industries and leads …