1. Challenges & opportunities for women on the labour market
Martina Maurer
Public Employment Service Austria
Department of active employment policy for women

2. Horizontal Segregation

3. Barriers Chances Genderbias in choise of educational path
Educational and occupational fields with lower income
Chances
Broaden vocational orientation
Female role models
FiT-Program
Higher education especially among young women

4. Reconciliation

5. Barriers Chances Distribution of paid and unpaid work
Traditional roles for both women and men
Employment & part time rate
Health problems and stress among women higher
Chances
Available and affordable child care
Redefinition of female and male role
Flexible maternity leaves with quota for men
Adaption of the educational system
General reduction of working time
Question of mobility

6. segregation
Vertical

7. Barriers
Unequal distribution of management board and supervisory board
Stagnation and permanency of glass ceiling
Chances
Implementation of Quota
Female carreer planning within companies
Flexibility & creativity of working time
Top job sharing

8. Gender Pay Gap

9. Barriers Chances Persistency of income gap
Low wage employment and employment stability
Downgrading of jobs
Dependencies, exposure to poverty, violence
Chances
Income transparency within companies
Gendersensitive collective agreements
Validation of work/occupations: High segregation – low income gap (Sweden)

10. Measures Evaluation of occupations Available and affordable child care
Inclusive school system
Gender sensitivity in Vocational orientation
Measures
Income transparancy
Reduction of working time – distribution of work volume
Responsibility of companies
Quota in leading positions

11. Thank you for your work for reaching gender equality

12. Part time in Europe (Eurostat)