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SDG 5.5.2 – Measuring Workplace Gender Inclusion for Managerial Positions in the Republic of Ireland

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“What gets measured gets managed”, (V. F. Ridgway).

For Ireland’s labour force, what proportion of those in managerial positions are women? The UN Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 5, gender empowerment, has two indicators for leadership in economic life, the first for team leadership/management overall, and the second for senior and middle management.

=> LEARN ABOUT THE GENDER MIX IN MANAGERIAL POSITIONS
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Gender Gaps In the Irish Technology Sector

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 €12,035 – the Gender Pay Gap in Irish Tech, 2022

€10,000 – the Gender Pay Gap in #IrishTech, 2018

Approximately 16,000 information and communications firms employ 119,000 people in Ireland (CSO, 2019). And of course, many firms in other sectors also have IT operations staff supporting the business. After manufacturing, the ICT sector generates the highest value added.

This is a profitable and wealthy sector with huge international players such as Apple and Microsoft as well as many smaller firms. 15% of employees earned over €1,600 weekly in 2014 (CSO), the highest percentage of any sector (the dark green bars). This sector also has less people on lower wages than other sections such as accommodation and food services.(the grey bars).

=> LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GENDER IMBALANCE IN IRELAND’s TECH SECTOR
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Understand the Causes of Ireland’s Gender Pay Gap & Working Women’s Income

Ireland's Workplace Gender Gaps: gender care gap, gender employment gap, education field gap, gender hiring gap, gender negotiation gap, gender talent development gap, gender promotion gap, gender retention gap, gender achievement gap, gender leadership gap, gender pension gap, gender investment gap, gender wealth gap, gender poverty gap.
  • Collectively working women earned less than working men (the “unadjusted gender pay gap”). On average in 2019, an Irish woman earned  €2879 every month, while the average man earned  €3885.
  • Collectively working women earned 26% less than men or € 12,072 annually in 2019.

Can you unpick the causes versus the effects of Ireland’s gender gaps?

=> LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAUSES OF IRELAND’s GENDER PAY GAP
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Phrases To Challenge Conversational Inequality At Work

Gender Inequality Phrases Workplace

 #ChooseToChallenge  – International Women’s Day 2021
How to support colleagues who are being silenced verbally at work.

Each of us is responsible for our own thoughts and actions. It may not be easy, but we can ‘choose to challenge’ conversational inequality. Prepare a phrase to avoid brain freeze when faced with conversational inequalities. 

=> FIND YOUR PREFERRED PHRASE