Resumen de Presentation

Teresa Torres Coronas

• Gender-role stereotypes are barriers to women trying to access education,choosing the course they want to study (for example, nursing versus engineering)and participating in lifelong learning. And in the job market, salaries, promotionopportunities and professional development all reflect gender inequalities. Inboth cases – a professional career and access to education and lifelong learning –reality shows that the personal factors derived from caring for dependent personsand greater family responsibilities are the main causes of the inequalities betweenmen and women. This situation creates an unequal society in which the variablegender must be taken into account together with social class, educationalattainment, ethnicity, family responsibilities, and background to get an in-depthpicture of the situation of women.