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intro & pergic
concepts


Representation
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Democracy
>women in academia, women in decision-making roles...

Why so few?Why so slow?

bits against women... in politics (and other professions)?
BIAS: the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of

allowing personal opinions to influence your judgement"
UNCONSCIOUS bias 1:thatthe person with the bias is notaware of can influence decisions in recruitment,
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promotion performance managment


sext Genoler


-biological differences vs. Socially constructed differences
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GENDER"in terminist theory since the 1970s started entering international legel aocuments in the 1990s

>men mustbe part of the change:United Nations (UN) shifted focus from,women"togender"30 years ago


Whatare gender stereotypes?
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ASSUMPtiOns & ExpectationS

personality characteristics
interest competence
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>descriptive prescriptive


personality traits
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-men: -women: >POLITICS:impactour perceptions of men's

assertive compassionate women's suitability
for specific policy
portfolios
decisive
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warm

logical ·caring
·rational consensus building
passive
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StrOND
able to provide leadership
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Kind

ambitions emotional

knowledgeable


policyissue competence Gender stereotypes in Austria

-men: >WO M e n :

security ·family
·defense ·children

economics elderly

·health

environment

gender equality


Gender studies

-interdisciplinary
impossible to understand from onlyone disciplinary perspective;e.g.:
history- gender roles communication media;arts literature:reinforce challenge stereotypes
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biology, medical
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psychology Stereotypes research




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Whatis genoler equality?
equal rights, responsibilities opportunities of &
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womentmen girls boys
men will become the same women's men's rights, responsibities opportunities
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>Not that women but that

will notdepend on whether theyare born male or female
>
GENDER:IRRELEVANT!



Genoler equality...
>interests, needs +
priorities ofboth womentmen are taken into consideration, recognizing the diversity of

different groups ofment women

-gender equality is women's
not a issue but should concern fully engeage men as well as women




Human Rights sustainable Development
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-equality between woment men is seen both as a human rights issue as a precondition for, andindicator for,
sustainable people-centred development

>Gender Equal Treatment

ensuring the absence of discrimination on the or indirectly
grounds of sex, either directly


Equality
... means giving equal opportunities to all people

>not only human rights shouldapply equally
to all people, but also labor
rights!


Equality Diversity
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>WO R Krequirement
: for equal treatment- (Austrian EU) INS

>DISCRIMINATION against someone on the grounds of gender, age, ethnicity, religion or belief, or sexual orientation

in employment relationship in
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an the restof the worlds of work
ILLEGAL

>such laws combine equalitywith diversity:a person may not be treated differently or discriminated

againston the basis of certain characteristics (such as skin color, gender, religion,etc.)

MotherhoodPenalty

years of research in several fields (Psychology, sociology, politics ... (

>working women are severely disadvantaged by their parenthood
>
motherhood penalty affects different stages of awoman's career (starting salarybut also promotion

opportunities(
While is according independent ofparenthood
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men's
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career success to research




Diversity
I
discrimination diversity +



difference differences
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in contrastto discrimination, diversity varietyemphasizes people's differences in a positive way
"

Wheter they are to be, explicitly
taken into accountin an appreciative manner used
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efficiently


Why Diversity?
>biases in recruitment
processes negative impact on the development of organizations
organizations benefit from the strengths of women or diversityin general
>
emphasize organization needs diversity ofwomen itneeds diversity of
here thatan justas men




withoutequality?
Diversity
<one needs the other to guarantee it!
>
oliversity without equality
=




emptyconcept, e.8.
>recruit BIPOC (Black, Iholigenous people of color) without treating them the same as white employees,
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