Sustainable development of gender in the labour market in Lithuania

Abstract

Globally, women increasingly tend to participate more actively in decision making at a management level thus in such a way strengthening positive changes in economic, social, public and political fields. However, this is less evident in Lithuanian civil society; women in Lithuania are taking part in démocratisation processes insufficiently, and due to ingrained gender differences women’s potential as leaders in the nation’s economics, business and politics is not appreciated enough. Women’s intellectual potential and input in not only the country’s competitive ability is not sufficiently utilised. Thus problems existing in different areas show that gender topics are still relevant and contain questions that still need to be tackled. In this article the gender situation in the Lithuanian labour market and participation of women in decision-making processes are analysed, also issues of gender equality in respect to family policy is introduced, and results concerning the empirical study on “Sustainable Development of Gender in the Labour Market” are presented. The object of this research is the different approach of both men and women to gender inequality, discrimination, and careers in the Lithuanian labour market. The aim is to analyse the factors governing/influencing gender inequality, discrimination regarding gender, together with career obstacles as the result of gender. The methods used include analysis of scientific literature resources and comparative analysis of statistical and secondary data.