Women in the local working force

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Women in the local working force

• Valeria Cerqueti and Evi De Jaegher

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What are the major factors that motivate women to
participate in the local workforce?
Wat are the major factors that motivate people to participate in the Belgian workforce?
  men women
money 43 30
independency 11 19
itself development 32 34
Social contact 9 13
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What are the major factors that motivate women to
participate in the local workforce?
What is the major factor in your job decisions?
  men women
salary 13 8
social security 0.1 1
Atmosphere among colleagues 10 14
Chance to grow in the business 13 9
autonomy and responsibility 25 18
Change 11 13
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What are the major factors that motivate women to
participate in the local workforce?

• Why women in Belgium work is mostly being
  answered by the fact they want to earn money and
  to be able to buy live supplies. Of course that
  is true, but there are other factors as well.
• 1) Economic
• There has been a change in the mind of people. In
  our society we expect people to go and work.
  People who dont for example due to physical
  disability or the fact there isnt any work to be
  found can rely on a social security we have
  developed during the years. They receive a small
  amount of money to secure their living abilities.
  They also get an education in how to apply for
  jobs and find one. In Belgium therefore it is not
  accepted to make profit of this system, although
  many do.
• 2) Social
• Its being said that many women go out working to
  
• have a social contact. This is more important
  for
• women than for men. They want to go working so
• they can chit-chat with mostly their other
• female colleagues.

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What are the major factors that motivate women to
participate in the local workforce?

• 3) Physical need
• Working means you are being useful. It gives
  women the satisfaction of being needed for their
  creativity, intellectual abilities. Therefore
  they mainly chose a job that is being linked with
  their personal interests.
• 4) Structure
• It gives women a structure in life. Women are
  more in need of structure in life than men. Women
  without work mainly complain about the drag of
  life. Each day is the same. Theres no difference
  between week and weekend, morning and evening.
• Voor bijna 30 van de respondenten beïnvloedt hun
  seksuele oriëntatie de jobkeuze,
• voor 28 de bedrijfskeuze, voor bijna 34 de
  beroepssector, voor 31 de geografische
• locatie van de job, voor 8 de overweging om met
  een eigen bedrijf te starten. Er zijn
• geen verschillen naar geslacht te vermelden. Wel
  valt op dat Franstalige respondenten
• meer kiezen voor een minder homofobe geografische
  locatie. Er is een sterkere
• heteronormanieve omgeving in Franstalig België.
  De geografische migratie van platteland
• naar de stad is frequenter bij Franstalige
  Belgen. De stad is anoniemer, er zijn grotere
• bedrijven, er is een milder holebi-klimaat in een
  grootstad als Brussel dan in Wallonië.
• Maar omdat België klein is is het verschil
  ruraal/urbaan niet zo groot als in omringende
• landen.

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What are the major factors that motivate women to
participate in the local workforce?

• A questionary being held by the Office of
  Womenstudies at Brussels (Capital of Belgium)
  gave the following results
• For almost 30 of the women questioned, the
  sexual oriëntation influences their job choice,
  for 28 the compagny choice, for almost 34 the
  fieldsector, for 31 the geographical location of
  the job and 8 has the thought of starting on
  their own.
• It is striking that the sexual oriëntation is
  more important for the French part of Belgium
  than for the Flemish
• The geografical migration to the country side is
  more seen at the French part than the Flemish
  one. geografische migratie van platteland
• Source
• RoSa vzw, mei 2008,Documentatiecentrum,
  Bibliotheek en Archief voor Gelijke Kansen,
  Feminisme en Vrouwenstudies, Koningsstraat 136 -
  1000 Brussel http//www.rosadoc.be -
  info_at_rosadoc.be

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What are the major issues that hinder women from
participating in the Dutch workforce?

• Quote on a Flemish discussion board of the
  Flemish parliament (Work sector)
• Women belong to be home
  
• with their children. They
  
• have to dedicated
  
• to them and bring
  
• them up with their love.
• Bring them to school and
• pick them up. Give them all the attention
  while
• taking care of the household with all care
  and fun. A child therefore belongs, to
  Vedische sayings, to be with his mother
  till the age of 5 and not in some sort
  of day care.

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What are the major issues that hinder women from
participating in the Dutch workforce?

• Women find it more difficult than men to
  accomplish the physically and mentally demands of
  their work.
• Women have less energy, deal with more depression
  and therefore have a bigger chance to lose their
  jobs or taking sick leave.
• Also the Emancipation monitor 2006 of the Social
  and Cultural Plan bureau reports that women are
  getting more easily work inability than men. And
  this is not because of the double role they for
  fill, because the chance of a Burn out seems to
  be the most with women who dont have children.
• And thats not all too positive A lot of women
  feel they arent being taken seriously at their
  work. Thats why they are going to compensate.
  Insecure overachievers, is it being called. Not
  all too well for your mentally health and labor
  motivation.
• Does that mean that the problem situates itself
  between the two ears? No, because women who start
  their career with some sort of lack of
  experience, are right. The company culture are
  still being ruled by the men forces. Women dont
  feel comfortable in a competitive environment
  where only the end result counts. They cant and
  wont adapt to the manly workforce.

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Discrimination

• 04/09/'08
• The total of women that was being hired for a top
  function, or that has made any promotion has
  drastically decreased in the last year. Women are
  being discriminated in at least 12 of the 25
  investigated work sectors. Only 8 sectors gave
  the women more chance than the previous year.
• The media is being overwhelmed with news
• about the breaking of the glaze ceiling.
• Women are supposed to being hired for a top
• function quicker, and making promotion is
• no longer just a man business. Wrong, say
• some Belgian investigators now. They
• investigated 25 work sectors during 2 years
• and concluded a drastically decrease of work
• discrimination.

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Discrimination
The glaze ceiling We cant speak about the
glaze ceiling, but of a solid concrete ceiling
says one of the investigators. Too many
bosses are starting to think back of the thought
that women belong to be home at the grate. It is
still a mens world when you are on the top, the
scientist conclude. Source Flemish newspaper
The newspaper of Antwerp (gazet van Antwerpen)