Educated Physically Disabled Women in the Information and Communication Technology Sector

Educated Physically Disabled Women in the Information and Communication Technology Sector

Jukka Mononen, Raija Halonen
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3542-7.ch061
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze how highly educated women with physical disability (WwPD) are employed and integrated in the information and communication technology (ICT) field as experienced by themselves. This question is important due to the lack of knowledge regarding the employment of highly educated WwPD in the ICT sector. An empirical study was carried out with the help of a qualitative research method that involved eight interviews. The study showed that disability has a significant impact when women choose the ICT sector for their studies. However, one of the significant findings was that the individuals characters matter the most.
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The Nordic countries have paid attention to female employment for decades. The statistics reveal that the share of women in the labor markets ranged between 64% (in Finland) and 83% (in Iceland) in the late 1990s (Statistics ICT in Nordic Countries, 2001). Related to gender issues, Triventi (2013) verified that wage-related discrimination between genders is lower in Nordic countries and higher in the Czech Republic and the UK. Machova and Filipova (2013) explained the wage discrimination with family characteristics, which were also mentioned by Triventi (2013).

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