Women in the Labour Market

Abstract

This is a social study analysing factors which stimulate or otherwise determine the position of women in the labour market in the Czech Republic. In discussing various aspects of the division of labour between men and women, and gender aspects of the male versus female segregation, the main focus of the study lies in the following elements: social characteristics which shape and profile typically male and female professions, gender inequalities in the labour market, women outside the labour market and the social stratification of working women. In addition, the position of women in the labour market is analysed from the point of view of strategies and perspectives of working women, their social behaviour and attitudes. The objective of the study is to map the gender 'petrifaction' of the Czech labour market and to contrast it with the proposed approximation of legal systems and labour regulations to those of the European Union countries. Methodologically, the study relies on quantitative data from the representative sociological survey "Men and Women in the Labour Market" and qualitative studies of selected male and female professions.