https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/tag/work/ L’altra metà del Sole Thu, 07 May 2026 05:00:18 +0000 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2024/01/30/job-quality/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:00:39 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ becoming a mother affect career prospects and the general wellbeing of women? How much does it drive their choices and fuel the gender pay gap? For years now, it has been acknowledged that, generally, female workers with children follow a very different path than the men who become fathers. They experience setbacks regarding job opportunities, salary, type of contract offered, and number of hours worked. Mothers are penalised by the lack of direct and practical support in raising their sons/daughters (the village that helped parents to care for the younger ones is long gone); by the widespread culture that...]]> 68178 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2023/03/28/anna-dorangricchia/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:00:30 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ Female entrepreneurs face some of the highest levels of discrimination in accessing capital or productive resources: 45%, compared to the world average of 27%. In an area with one of the highest unemployment levels, over half of the female workforce is hired informally, and women tend to spend six times more on domestic work and unpaid care. If already worldwide, girls and women are the most impacted by economic downturns. In this region, they are also threatened by disasters related to climate change, economic...]]> 62070