Large difference in employment rates between men and women!

If you compare the employment rates in EU regions, you will notice that the female employment rates still lag behind the male rates in most of the regions.

The EU has set a policy target in this area of halving the gender employment gap from 11.7% in 2019 to 5.8% by 2030.

The green regions shown here are those that have already attained the target.

Source: Eurostat

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    How is it misleading? If 90% of working age men are working and only 80% of women, that is a considerable gap and should be adressed. Now comes the step of analyzing the reasons and targeting those specifically.

    But already assuming reasons to take out of calculation assumes them to be “good” reasons by default and removes them from being adressed.

    • Lightdm@feddit.deEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      How is it something that needs “adressing”? When people want to work, but can’t, and there is a significant difference between men and women, then that probably needs to be looked at.
      Simply seeing “in turkey, a country known for following more traditional ways of life, more men are working than women” is not very relevant.

      • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Because work means income and income means having some control over your life, whereas not working for women often means dependency to stay with their husbands even if they dont want to or are subject to abuse.

        • NightAuthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          You’re disparaging a country’s culture. Or rather quite a few. Women shouldn’t work, that’s the way the culture is. If you don’t like it, you’re being intolerant.

          /s