An introduction to women in the workplace -- Occupational segregation and gender discrimination -- Employment discrimination law -- Career opportunities : recruitment, selection and promotion -- Equal pay -- Networks and mentors -- Gender and communication -- Negotiating and influencing --...

„"It’s a Man’s World": Ob Sicherheitsgurte in Autos, die Dosierung von Medikamenten oder die Raumtemperatur: Viele Facetten unserer Umwelt wurden von Männern für Männer geschaffen. Frauen frieren deshalb am Arbeitsplatz oder sterben mit höherer Wahrscheinlichkeit an einem Herzinfarkt....

European public discourse often frames (forced) migration solely as a security issue and ignores the implications of societal diversity for health, quality-of-life and well-being, in both Africa and Europe. The present volume offers an interdisciplinary and international look at the relationship...

This note argues that the IMF is filling a critical gap by integrating gender issues into it work. It makes the case that (i) closing gender gaps is critical for economies because they lead to underdevelopment, underutilization, and misallocation of productive human resources; and (ii) applying...

On the current pace of reforms, global gender gaps are estimated to close, using deterministic (linear or log-linear) trends, over the next three centuries. This means that many women will likely not be able to fully use their abilities and talents, to the detriment of societies, for a long...