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Gender in entrepreneurship
(European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
Entrepreneurship plays an important role in creating jobs, innovation and growth. Against this backdrop, interest in women’s entrepreneurship has grown among scholars and policymakers. While the rationale for women’s ...
Gender in economic and financial affairs
(European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
Gender is considered a relevant factor to overcome economic and financial crisis, and for the recovery of the European economy. The promotion of gender equality will unleash the talents and capacities of women, which are ...
Gender in employment
(European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, deeply entrenched inequalities persist. They are the result of discriminatory norms and attitudes, the ...
Gender in sport
(European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
From a gender perspective, sport exemplifies a societal and cultural process in which the social construction of femininity and masculinity plays a key role in influencing behaviours and approaches. A number of practical ...
Gender in research
(European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
European research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the so-called hard sciences and in leadership positions. Gender equality in research is essential not only for fairness, but because ...