Gender Inequality

Explained through feminist theories with the focus on Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden

Lejla Delic

• Publisher: AV Akademikerverlag
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9786202218191
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Vast progress has been made nowadays in comparison to the past century when it comes to taking an equal stature in evolving industries, especially when there used to be no women at all. Due to the ever-growing globalisation and digitalisation one can see many women as successful, high-level achievers. Overall, Europe has experienced extraordinary development in creating gender equality in the workforce. The general employment rate in Europe is 71%, the male employment rate is 76%, while the female employment rate is 65%. Gender inequality refers to the awareness and state that men and women are not equal, and that individuals are treated unfairly based on their gender. Every woman has at least once in her life experienced discrimination based on her gender. There are many factors leading to those inequalities, and different feminist views try to explain those inequalities. One of the first feminist demands was the right for education and today it can be seen that the majority of the educational gap in European countries has vanished. A big step forward in creating gender equality was made, but there is always something to improve.