Few opportunities, even less employment in high-level administrative and management positions and limited duration of maternity leave, especially if other infrastructure and facilities are not provided, such as child care centers in the workplace, Hellas a country in Europe is not ideal for them working women. In fact, often the third factor, namely little maternity leave in the private sector and lack of child care infrastructure, is responsible for the other two, i.e. fewer opportunities and especially the promotion of women to the top of the company. To this, of course, we must add inequality in wages, a phenomenon not only Greek, but also international.

According to a study by the British company Reboot online on occasion Women’s Day March 8, Greece ranks 20th out of 34 countries in Europe for working conditions for women, with an overall score of 120.7 on a scale of 1 to 300, below baseline. The best country for a woman to work in Europe is Sweden, which scored 241.40, while neighboring countries, namely Norway and Finland, also rank highly. On the other hand, Turkey is the worst country for a woman to work, and Cyprus is in the penultimate position. It is specified that Turkey occupies the 30th position, although 34 countries are being studied, since in some positions there are cases of equality between the two countries.

Short maternity leave, few opportunities for promotion and unequal pay.

When researching and ranking countries, three criteria are taken into account: economic opportunities (in terms of participation in the labor force, higher education, business, etc.), participation in leadership and maternity leave based on weeks for which the mother receives full remuneration . On economic participation, Greece scores 13.8 out of 100, but this is not the lowest in the individual rankings. It is noted that in order to evaluate this criterion, the data included in the annual report of the World Economic Forum on gender inequality were taken into account. “Global Gender Gap Report 2022”in which Greece ranked 100th out of 146 countries.

In terms of women’s participation in leadership, i.e. whether women sit on company boards, have executive powers, and whether they hold leadership positions, Greece scored 62.80 out of 100, while maternity leave scored 62.80 out of 100. 44.80 points, which is also an excellent score of 100 points. recalled that maternity leave in Greece in the private sector until last year was 6 months and was extended to 9 months. However, the main problem in Greece is the lack of infrastructure even in large enterprises, for example, the presence of nurseries for the children of employees. Romania is the country with the longest maternity leave (about 93 weeks).

Sweden, which is at the top of the rankings, scored “excellent” in terms of economic opportunity (i.e. 100/100), 93.1 points in terms of women’s participation in leadership, and 48.3 points in terms of maternity leave . In contrast, Turkey scored zero for economic opportunity, 27.6 for participation in leadership, and 3.4 for maternity leave.

They suffer more from inflation.

Women are more affected by an inflationary crisis than men, which is due to the fact that they usually have less savings, or because they feel more insecure in managing financial matters, even when they have the necessary knowledge and experience. This insecurity arises, of course, from the fact that in some cases women are underpaid, although they are more likely to be the victims of layoffs. According to the results of the 2022 Pan-European Payments Consumer Survey by renowned claims management company Intrum, 32% of women say they have savings equivalent to less than a month’s salary to cover unexpected expenses. The corresponding percentage in men is 24%. Although the inflationary crisis has affected the well-being of everyone, regardless of gender, “bloated” bills seem to pose a greater threat to women. 62% of women said bill increases had a very negative impact on their quality of life in 2022, compared to 47.6% in 2021. The corresponding rate for men in 2022 was 54% compared to 41.5% in 2021. % of women said they weren’t paying their bills because they didn’t have money, compared to 40% of men. It is worth noting that in 2021 the percentages were 40% and 35% respectively for women and men.

Although they are in a difficult situation, only 26% of women are determined to ask for a pay increase, while the corresponding figure for men is 35%. Finally, the study shows disparities in financial knowledge. Thus, while equal percentages have been recorded for personal finance management, there is a gap in financial knowledge. 51% of men correctly answered the question about the impact of inflation compared to 40% of women. However, it has been observed that women often choose the “I don’t know” answer due to self-doubt, since when this option is not provided, they often answer questions about financial matters correctly.