Abstract

An Analytical Study on Gender Equality in the IT Sector – Gender equality between women and men refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities for women and men and girls and boys. Equality does not mean that women and men will become the same but that women’s and men’s rights, responsibilities and opportunities will not depend on whether they are born male or female. Gender equality implies that the interests, needs and priorities of both women and men are taken into consideration recognizing the diversity of different groups of women and men. The ultimate goal in gender equality is to ensure that women and men have equitable access to, and benefit from society’s resources, opportunities and rewards.

This study aims at finding if there occurs any gender discrimination in the IT industries. The data of 115 employees have been collected and SPSS tools have been used to find the results. This study finds if the employees are subject to any discrimination at work whether it be through salary, promotion etc. the results ultimately reveal that there is not much gender discrimination at the workplace and the few instances it happens can be avoided with more strict laws and morals.

Introduction

Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.

Gender equality is the goal, while gender neutrality and gender equity are practices and ways of thinking that help in achieving the goal. Gender parity, which is used to measure gender balance in a given situation, can aid in achieving gender equality but is not the goal in and of itself. Gender equality is more than equal representation; it is strongly tied to women’s rights, and often requires policy changes. As of 2017, the global movement for gender equality has not incorporated the proposition of genders besides women and men, or gender identities outside of the gender binary.

UNICEF says gender equality “means that women and men, and girls and boys, enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities and protections. It does not require that girls and boys, or women and men, be the same, or that they be treated exactly alike.

Since World War II, the women’s liberation movement and feminism have created a general movement towards recognition of women’s rights. The United Nations and other international agencies have adopted several conventions which promote gender equality.

Such legislation and affirmative action policies have been critical to bringing changes in societal attitudes. A 2015 Pew Research Centre survey of citizens in 38 countries found that majorities in 37 of those 38 countries said that gender equality is at least “somewhat important,” and a global median of 65% believe it is “very important” that women have the same rights as men. Most occupations are now equally available to men and women, in many countries.

Need for the Study

The twentieth century has seen a steady increase of what sociologists of work have labelled knowledge work: economic production in which immaterial resources such as talent, knowledge, creativity, communication and presentation skills are the key resource. Employers and contractors hire employees, self employed or freelancers because they expect them to make a particular contribution based on their capacity to produce output with their brains rather than through interaction with raw materials, tools and machines.

At first glance, the fact that knowledge work focuses on individual talent and knowledge seems to offer opportunities for lessening gender inequalities in the workplace. First, physical strength, which gives men a competitive advantage in industrial and agricultural production, is irrelevant to the job performance of knowledge workers. Second, the possession of knowledge and talent is not dependent on gender. On the contrary, as they regularly outperform men in higher education (HEPI, 2009), one could argue that women might even be better placed to acquire the crucial resources for knowledge work. From this perspective, a growing proportion of knowledge work in a society’s economic A double-edged sword 9 Downloaded by Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan At 05:52 07 March 2016
(PT) activity could be expected to increase the opportunities for gender-neutral participation and advancement in the workplace.

Objectives

The primary objective is to analyse how gender plays a major role in how people are being treated at work especially in the IT sector.

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