In this Perspective article we propose that in order to pave the way for women's career advancement into the senior ranks of organizations, attention must be directed at the systemic norms and structures that drive the gendered nature of the workplace. A focus on individual level issues, i.e., women lacking confidence and women opting out, detracts from the work that must be done at the organiz...

In many Western countries, the lack of women in the field of science and technology is seen as a problem from a feminist perspective in concern with equal opportunity. As a developed and democratic country, especially in the perspective of gender equality, Denmark witnesses an uneven gender distribution in the engineering profession – women’s participation is 12%. As a joint member of an EU pro...

Using data from the first wave of the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (NKPS) for 2867 women and 2195 men aged 40 to 79, this study examines to what extent educational, employment and marital pathways shape the likelihood of remaining childless, and whether these pathways are gendered. The findings indicate that women and men have distinctive pathways into childlessness. Educational attainment i...