Gender, professional training and labour insertion

Abstract

We need to update the studies of professional training, improve employability and respond to the needs of the labour market, but, above all, we need to take into account a fundamental aspect such as gender equality. In this respect, priority must be given to tackling the problems that gender gap implies in access to professional training. Thus, this paper analyses in detail the presence of women in these studies, the reasons that determine the choice for one or other studies, the interdependence between their studies and their labour insertion, the negative effects on women in the access to the labour market, despite the progress in equal opportunities for men and women, and finally the adopted solutions and possible proposals in this regard.