Gender stereotypes in employment: a topical issue

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The most burdensome conditions faced by women in labour relations continue to be a major problem, which has been the focus of attention for decades, advocating the introduction of corrective measures from the configuration of employment policies aimed at achieving an equitable labour market, capable of providing decent employment without discriminatory treatment or consequences based on gender. Women have been and continue to be priority targets of active employment policies. Public policies aimed at removing the inequalities that women suffer as a result of being women in the world of work have occupied a central place on the public agenda and yet the eradication of gender prejudices and stereotypes continues to be the great unfinished business of the labour market.