Employment segregation is considered to exist when the distribution of men and women in specific economic sectors is not balanced. Looking at employment fields with the greatest weight (such as health, construction and education), as well as those of major structural importance (ICT, agriculture and the domestic sector), we find gender segregation in many cases. Construction, the primary sector, and ICT are 75% male, while women predominate in similar proportions in the domestic and heath sectors.
In general, horizontal employment segregation means women are concentrated in lower paid sectors and in those which society values less. The sectors where women predominate often represent an extension of the work traditionally done by women in the home: unpaid and with little social recognition.
Gender in figures
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Do social inequalities affect health?
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Men’s and women’s education?
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Diversity of origin and migration projects
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Who called it work-life balance?
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How millennials share domestic chores
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Economic independence at risk?
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Gender in ten key economic sectors
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To get married: a personal, political or economic decision?
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Putting off motherhood for a decade
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Balanced representation on local councils?
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The barriers to economic power are still in place
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Living in fear of your partner
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Where did it happen?
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Differences and similarities in day-to-day culture
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Creative women: presence in cultural life
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Men and women in the film industry
Observatori iQ
iQ is a cooperative that seeks to contribute to social innovation in favor of gender equality. The cooperative offers the iQ Observatory, a platform that delivers statistical data on the differences and inequalities between men and women in different areas of everyday life in Catalonia. iQ team is made up of professionals with several profiles and is led by the political scientist Maria de la Fuente.