Considering the vital importance of gender equality to development and the specific promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind, girls and boys should be provided with equal opportunities to achieve their fullest potential as promoted in specific Sustainable...

This paper includes information on some of the current issues faced by women in civil aviation. Through a sectoral gender lens, it examines employment, women's career cycles and the main decent work opportunities and challenges in the sector. It also identifies ways of accelerating the...

This paper includes information on some of the current issues faced by women in civil aviation. Through a sectoral gender lens, it examines employment, women's career cycles and the main decent work opportunities and challenges in the sector. It also identifies ways of accelerating the...

This collection examines the various challenges women face in advancing their careers. In the mid 1980s, the phrase "glass ceiling" was coined and has since become an established part of our vocabulary. The glass ceiling refers to an invisible but impermeable barrier that limits the career...

This ebook contains current research findings from an international group of women in management scholars. Collectively these contributions indicate that while managerial and professional women still face significant challenges slow progress is being made. The papers consider mentoring; examples...