Do Women Really Equal to Men at Workplace
Do women really equal to men at workplace?
Women have forayed into almost all domains of work. From being a house maker to being a CEO, they have come a long distance .But because this phenomenon is something against the conventions of past, we need to analyze its current aspects to see how this transition has been and did it bring a desirable results.
As per ISCO-08, there are ten major groups of job. The presence of women vs. men in these groups is as below: * Minimal presence in - * MAJOR GROUP 1 – MANAGERS * MAJOR GROUP 8- PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS * MAJOR GROUP 0 -ARMED FORCES OCCUPATIONS
* Comparable presence in- * MAJOR GROUP 2 –PROFESSIONALS * MAJOR GROUP 3 - TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS * MAJOR GROUP 4 - CLERICAL SUPPORT WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 5 -SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 6 -SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND FISHERY WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 7 - CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 9 - ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
Technology today has minimized the impact of gender in most work roles. Where it cannot, it optimizes on the strengths of each gender. Still we see many problems for women which challenges the myth of equality of women to men at workplaces. Some of these are as follows: * Societal pressure on a woman to have limited aspirations regarding her job-
A women is supposed to have more commitments towards her family than her job. Many a times a male employee is preferred over because of absence of such obligations. * Unequal pay-
An average Indian women labor earn 62% of men’s salary for equal work. * Employee security –
Being harassed while travelling to and fro from workplace, something which isn’t a matter to worry for male counterpart. * Sexual harassment at the work place * Insufficient maternity leave –
Companies like Infosys have women friendly policies. But most other force women to quit or cut short the break. * Lack of
Women have forayed into almost all domains of work. From being a house maker to being a CEO, they have come a long distance .But because this phenomenon is something against the conventions of past, we need to analyze its current aspects to see how this transition has been and did it bring a desirable results.
As per ISCO-08, there are ten major groups of job. The presence of women vs. men in these groups is as below: * Minimal presence in - * MAJOR GROUP 1 – MANAGERS * MAJOR GROUP 8- PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS * MAJOR GROUP 0 -ARMED FORCES OCCUPATIONS
* Comparable presence in- * MAJOR GROUP 2 –PROFESSIONALS * MAJOR GROUP 3 - TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS * MAJOR GROUP 4 - CLERICAL SUPPORT WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 5 -SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 6 -SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND FISHERY WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 7 - CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS * MAJOR GROUP 9 - ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
Technology today has minimized the impact of gender in most work roles. Where it cannot, it optimizes on the strengths of each gender. Still we see many problems for women which challenges the myth of equality of women to men at workplaces. Some of these are as follows: * Societal pressure on a woman to have limited aspirations regarding her job-
A women is supposed to have more commitments towards her family than her job. Many a times a male employee is preferred over because of absence of such obligations. * Unequal pay-
An average Indian women labor earn 62% of men’s salary for equal work. * Employee security –
Being harassed while travelling to and fro from workplace, something which isn’t a matter to worry for male counterpart. * Sexual harassment at the work place * Insufficient maternity leave –
Companies like Infosys have women friendly policies. But most other force women to quit or cut short the break. * Lack of
References: * Wikipedia * Research Initiative: Women in India 's IT Industry http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/women-in-indias-it-industry * Gender Equality & Trade Policy http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/trade/Effects-of-Trade-on-Gender-Equality-in-Labour-Markets-and-Small-scale-Enterprises.html * Source: ILO (2009), Global employment trends for women, 2009, p.10, and ILO (2010), Women in labour markets: Measuring progress and identifying challenges, p. 38. * http://newindianexpress.com/magazine/voices/article1359454.ece * http://statenews.com/article/2012/11/women-still-not-equal-in-workplace * Gender Differences Within the Workplace * http://smallbusiness.chron.com/gender-differences-within-workplace-10512.html