(July 13th, 10:00/11:00 CET)
Background and focus:
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training sector has a major role to play in providing the skills Europe will need in the future. Moreover, countries with well-designed vocational training programs find it easier to avoid youth unemployment, even in times of crisis. However, this sector has traditionally been a predominantly male environment.
This is why the European Parliament underlined the need to “continue to address gender bias and gender-stereotypical choices by ensuring and encouraging the equal participation of women in vocational training for what are usually traditional ‘male’ professions and of men in ‘female’ professions; calls for the gender dimension to be reinforced in efforts to modernize VET systems and to make learning both at and outside work more accessible to women employees and those with family care duties, not least in sectors where women are under-represented, notably the digital, STEM and green sectors, in order to combat gender segregation in education and employment and combat gender stereotypes”.
The event provided an opportunity to share regional experiences and hear about support initiatives at the EU level.
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