New surveys highlighted that the gender inequality in the workplace persists, especially in the access to management positions and now also when it comes to receiving training in new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.
The survey “Women and Work in Latin America”, carried out by the organization “Cada Una” to more than 200 professionals from Argentina, Mexico and Ecuador, showed that 77% of women perceive a preference for men in management positions.
Although the majority of those surveyed have good experience and qualifications for the positions, they emphasized that there are still systemic barriers that do not allow them to continue growing and developing. The report shows that 77% of those surveyed say they do not feel that they lack skills or knowledge to perform their positions.while the 82% consider that they have the experience and the capacity necessary to fulfill their current roles. Furthermore, the 78% declare they feel safe and confident to face the challenges that their positions imply.
Despite their good grades, 77% of those surveyed perceive that Companies have a preference for hiring men for management positionsand the 72.7% identify salary differences between men and women in the same positions.
In turn, the 65.9% are not fully satisfied with the flexibility offered by companies to balance your work and personal life, demonstrates a disconnection between the real demands of executives and current corporate policies.
Other results reveal that the 61.5% consider that age influences access to certain rolesand 51.6% admit to having faced difficulties in accessing certain positions despite meeting all the requirements.
The gender gap persists in training to work with Artificial Intelligence
On the other hand, a Randstad study revealed that 62% of Argentine workers consider that Using AI can improve equity in the workplace.
57% of men and 55% of women claim to have the necessary AI skills, revealing a gender gap of 2 percentage points.
39% of men consider that their employer offered them enough training opportunities to improve your AI skillsin contrast to the perception of women, where only 34% claim to have had access to specific AI training from their employer. The latter shows a gap of 5 percentage points with respect to the level of access expressed by men.
Andrea Ávila, CEO of Randstad for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, stated that “the Equitable access to training and development opportunities in AI must be a fundamental part of the solution to the talent shortage problem we face globally“.
“The greatest challenge facing the advancement of this technology today is to ensure the training the workforce in digital and AI skillspaying special attention to equity to avoid access gaps,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
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