Women Men – Equality at work

Equality between men and women in the world workforce is still a matter of concern. Despite the fact that women represent just over 50% of the population internationally, in no country do they even approach 50% in managerial positions, or in any industry. According to the United Nations, the percentages of women in positions of…

Sexism in the discourse roles of textbook
dialogues

During the last two decades much has been written about gender issues in foreign language textbooks Most studies concern the textbook language itself (i.e. features of vocabulary and grammar which discriminate against one of the sexes) and the textbook content (i.e. portrayal of the two sexes with respect to their visibility, jobs, personality, relations and…

Gender representations in the illustrations of the 6th Grade Language Textbook used in Greek Elementary School.

In a society where gender equality is constitutionally enshrined and displayed as an educational policy objective, it attempts to examine if school textbookimages respond to the demands of social reality, or perpetuate outdated gender stereotyped educational practices. Read more details regarding the gender representations in the illustrations of the 6th Grade Language Textbook used in…

The pandemic is reversing gender equality progress in the workplace

Women’s progress in the workplace, is set to reverse because of the COVID19 pandemic, professional services firm PwC found in its analysis of developed countries.  According to PwC’s analysis of women’s economic empowerment, in 33 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), for its annual Women in Work index. The index…

Portugees National Statistics Institute launched the website of the National Statistical System on Gender Equality.

The National Statistics Institute launched the website of the National Statistical System Project on Gender Equality, of which it is a promoter. This website presents information about the activities that make up the project: – the Gender Database, a platform for mapping relevant data from the point of view of gender equality;– the Fertility Survey,…

European Institute for Gender Equality provided Gender Equality Index report which is in line with objectives of TWOST project .

“EIGE 2020 research evaluating progress towards gender equality 25 years after the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action suggests that the world of work in the EU remains characterized by a number of important gender inequalities (EIGE, 2020a). The employment rate of women is still significantly lower than that of men. The labor market…