Download or read book Exploring the Factors Associated with Gender Inequality in Women's Employment and Interventions to Address the Problem written by Jessica Yvette Chapeton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research is to examine the factors associated with gender inequality in women's employment and interventions to address the problem through extensive qualitative analysis. In addition, this study examines gender inequality and women's employment factors contributing to the issue and discusses micro, mezzo, and macro level interventions that can ameliorate the problem. The study includes a qualitative content analysis with an extensive literature review of scholarly peer reviewed articles with the dependent variable of the effects of gender inequality and employment opportunity. The significance of the findings is in the complexity of resolving this issue. Gender equality, minimal gender pay gap, and less discrimination in a women employment. The analysis also reveals that although there is an awareness of the existence of occupational inequality, the patterns reveal that institutional policies contribute to further discrimination in employment. Furthermore, it was found that women perceived workplace pregnancy and maternity leaves as stressful and conflictual. Additional research is needed to understand the factors contributing to gender inequality in women's employment, and to ensure strategies to ensure a systematic response to issues of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace.