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Gender Gap in Digital Skills in Greece

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  • Maria Perifanou

    (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Anastasios A. Economides

    (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece)

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Inequalities between men and women exist not only in economy and society but also in education all over the world. Many initiatives are launched to empower women with advanced skills in many countries. This paper describes the policies and initiatives to foster gender equality in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-related education and employment in Greece. National and European Union (EU) statistics show that there exists a wide gender gap in ICT-related higher education participation, employment, and salaries in Greece. Various policies and initiatives aim at empowering women with digital skills. The paper suggests a framework to fight gender discrimination in ICT across four (4) dimensions (ICT education, training, digital tools and infrastructure, people networking, ICT jobs) and three (3) axes (access, use and participate, create). The resulting framework consists of twelve (12) areas. The paper gives example strategies for some of the areas. Finally, the paper present conclusions and suggestions for future research.

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  • Maria Perifanou & Anastasios A. Economides, 2020. "Gender Gap in Digital Skills in Greece," Proceedings of the 20th International RAIS Conference, December 6-7, 2020 005mp, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:smo:upaper:005mp
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    digital skills; digital competence; employment initiatives; equality policies; gender differences; gender gap; gender inequality; ICT skills; equality policies;
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