Equal and yet not equal
It is alarming and shameful at the same time: No country in the world has succeeded in achieving gender equality thus far – and we already find ourselves in the third decade of the 21st century. While a relatively great deal has been achieved in combatting gender-specific inequalities in the European Union thanks to solid gender equality guidelines and corresponding court rulings, women in other parts of the world, such as in the southern hemisphere, are still very far from being treated equally. Yet both here and there, despite being at different levels, the COVID-19 pandemic brought about further setbacks and once again increased the challenges that women and girls around the world are faced with. Overlapping crises – the pandemic, economic crisis, childcare crisis, and various wars around the globe – are making it quite difficult for people to turn the desire for a self-determined life as equals into reality.
Gender = Equality
Equality for women is not present in our society. Numerous studies and reports, such as the current publications from the organisation Equal Measures 2030, substantiate the existing inequalities for women in our society, who face a wide variety of challenges and problems on the basis of their gender. These do, however, vary greatly depending on the origin, place of residence and work as well as the social group to which women belong.
Shared Leadership: Combining Strengths
For about a year now, Claudia Dünisch and Carmen Kuster have been leading the international institutional business at Raiffeisen Capital Management through Shared Leadership, a relatively new form of team leadership and strategy planning. We were interested in how dual leadership works in practice and whether Shared Leadership is a particularly attractive model for women to assume leadership responsibility.
In focus: Women & Money
For the last ten years, MediaAffairs has been analysing the media visibility and status of women (and women’s policy) in the current political debate. Its latest study ‘Women-Politics-Media 2022’ – prepared in cooperation with ACREDIA, the Vienna Chamber of Labour, and Raiffeisen Capital Management – was presented on 24 April 2023 at the APA Press Centre. The focus this year is ‘Women & Money’.
"Gender equality" issue
It is time to eliminate system-related obstacles and gender-specific discrimination, which has existed for so long, and to allow full participation by women and girls in education, the economy, and society. In the current issue, we take up this topic to create awareness.
Women in the economy
Gender equality was adopted as one of the global Sustainable Development Goals by 193 UN member states in September 2015, but how do things currently stand regarding the sub-target of equal opportunities in the economy, in particular with regard to taking on management positions (Sustainable Development Goal or SDG – 5)?
Why do we need quotas for women?
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in January 2022 that a quota for women of at least 40% should be introduced for supervisory boards of listed companies in the EU. As a reaction to her proposal, we would like to take this opportunity to shed some light on the pros and cons of such a regulation as well as on its effectiveness.
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Sustainable Development Goal SDG 5
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls