Gender Segregation in the Labour Market and Education EU Exchange of Good Practices on Gender Equality

Under the “EU
Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality” seminars and papers are organised
by ÖSB Consulting to support European countries to exchange on good practices
in the field of gender equality.

A recent mutual
learning seminar, held in Copenhagen on the 29th and 30th September 2015, focused
on the issue of gender segregation in the labour market and education with
particular focus on attracting more male pedagogues to the field of early
childhood education and care (ECEC) and promoting more women and girls in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Further to the host
country Denmark and the associated countries Northern Ireland and the
Netherlands, the seminar included representatives and experts from Austria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden.The mutual learning
seminar, held in Copenhagen on the 29th and 30th September 2015, focused on the
issue of gender segregation.

Nadja Bergmann
attended the meeting as the Austrian independent expert together with the
national representativ of the Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s
Affairs, Marine Sadoyan-Pitsch. Nadja Bergmann prepared also the discussion paper
for the European Commission about the Austrian situation.

Further information:

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/other-institutions/good-practices/review-seminars/seminars_2015/gender_segregation_en.htm

Client: ÖSB Consulting & IRS, PROGRESS Program, European Commission