Title Ką atskleidžia moterų ir vyrų lygybės įmonėje vertinimas? Kaip priimti lyčių lygybės iššūkius darbovietėje? /
Translation of Title What does assessment of gender equality in the enterprises show ? How to accept challengesof gender equalityat the workplace?
Authors Šidlauskienė, Virginija Stefanija
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Is Part of Lyčių studijos ir tyrimai.. Šiauliai : VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla. 2010, 2010(8), p. 32-50.. ISSN 1822-6310
Keywords [eng] (In)equality ; Women ; Men ; Enterprise ; Assessment
Abstract [eng] Statistical data and recent studies reveal the obviously dominant inequality between women and men in the Lithuanian labour market. In particular the inequality between women and men has increased during the market economy recession and has become a serious challenge in the institutional and societal structure. Equality between men and women is a complex issue with many dimensions. A gender equality index can thus be regarded as a useful tool for promoting gender equality to a variety of different audiences but like any tool it should be used with care since it is only as good as the sum of its measures. Interpretation of comparative index scores and trends requires an understanding of the components, how they behave and their influences. An essential but complex step when developing a gender equality index is defining equality. Gender equality may refer to a formal equality concept centering on equal starting points or it may indicate the achievement of equal results. Defining gender equality in terms of equal results seems more ambitious as the focus shifts from procedures to outcomes. The association of gender equality with equal results is, however, not without difficulty. Within feminist literature there has been a heated debate about the one-sidedness of the ‘equality’ approach if this implies women becoming equal to men. Instead a ‘difference’ approach advocates treating women differently in so far as they differ from men, since equality strategies based on the male as norm may in fact disadvantage women. Fraser (1997) quite deliberately used the term ‘equity’ instead of ‘equality’ to conceptualize ‘gender equity’ as a complex idea. Based on this notion, she unpacks the idea of gender equity as a compound of seven distinct normative principles, namely: anti- poverty, anti- exploitation, income equality, leisure time equality, equality of respect, anti- marginalisation and anti- androcentrism. [...].
Published Šiauliai : VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2010