For this reason, we highlight the five main indicators referenced in the report Portugal, Balanço Social 2021, produced by Nova SBE Economics for Policy Knowledge Center under the Initiative for Social Equity.
We highlight 5 data referenced in the Portugal Report, Social Balance 2021:
1. In 2019, for every €1 a man received, a woman received an average of €0.73. Among the population at risk of poverty, inequality increases to 0.66€.
Source: Living Conditions and Income Survey (ICOR), 2021.
2. Women continue to be the majority enrolled in job centres. During 2020, an average of 207,000 women and 183,000 men were enrolled in job centres.
Source: Institute of Employment and Professional Training (IEFP), 2021.
3. Simplified layoff requests were 50% more frequent among women between January and April 2021.
Source: Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (MTSSS), 2021.
4. Among those who do not work full-time, 47% more women than men would like to work longer hours but cannot find a full-time work. Another reason, cited seven times more by women than by men as to why they could not work longer hours, was the need to care for children, the elderly or other dependants.
Source: Employment Survey (EIS), 2021.
5. During the period of confinement and school closures in the first quarter of 2021, women with children were the ones that decreased their hours worked the most. On average, working 1.2 hours less per week between the first quarter of 2021 and 2019.
Source: Employment Survey (EIS), 2021.
Our research is dedicated to creating solutions that can be used in everyday life, contributing to a closer relationship with society and diverse stakeholders. But the Nova SBE community is strongly dedicated to working with anyone who wants to have a positive impact on the world. Therefore, and recognising that gender inequality is not only a human rights issue and that the political, economic and social equality of women benefits the world, the school is currently working on the following projects:
Projects:
In partnership with StartSe University, the Women's Leadership Program aims to leverage the professional development of women - with protagonism and prominence - based on the challenges they face, in addition to improving their leadership in relevant strategic positions in different sectors and organizations. This program was developed to combine technical and behavioral competencies with personalized follow-up to support participants in building a path to overcome the barriers that delay and/or block women's access to top leadership positions.
Founded in 2016, Nova Women in Business is a Nova SBE student club that targets the gender disparity that exists in our society, with a specific focus on the business and academic world. To raise awareness of gender inequality, the club engages with the school community by promoting events and discussions on the need for positive change, as well as focusing on the personal and professional development of its members.
The Promova Project aims to promote gender equality in access to senior management positions in private organizations. The main objective of this project is to identify and develop female talents with leadership potential, with the aim of promoting them to top management positions in companies, thus contributing to reduce the gender equality gap. It will be an example for the whole society and for the organisations' chain of command, in order to contribute to break down barriers that still exist in the access to top positions and functions in the companies.
People:
Catia Batista is an Associate Professor at Nova SBE, where she is also founder and scientific director of Nova SBE NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center. Her most recent research work in the area of gender equality was the study Closing the gender profit gap through savings and training: Evidence from Mozambique. Written together with professors Sandra Sequeira and Pedro Vicente, it focuses on two limitations in the professional performance of women that impact the wage gap: limited access to capital and lack of exposure to financial management know-how.
Sara is a Nova SBE alumna, with a degree in economics (1999), and a former student at Harvard Business School. She is a managing director at Morgan Stanley, CEO of A Little Gesture and A Little Gesture UK. She is also an investor in early stage companies and mentors growth businesses with a focus on women-owned businesses. Sara is the creator of the blog and community "Make Space for Growth" with a special focus on women.
Eva Fröhlich is a master's student in finance at Nova SBE and a fellow of the Nova SBE Fellowship for Excellence. She works for gender equality in the natural stone industry in India and is in talks with the industry after the publication of her degree dissertation entitled Implementing Socially Sustainable Supply Chains in the German Natural Stone Industry Using the Example of Trade with India. The dissertation focused on giving women alternatives to working in the natural stone sector, where they have serious health problems due to unequal strength as well as being paid less and not getting an education.
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