Gender Issues and Women Discrimination in the Workplace: Closing the Gender Gap (Comparison between Sweden and the Czech Republic)

The thesis's initiative was to evaluate gender inequality and discrimination of women in multicultural reality, whether in terms of salary, social status, or internal hierarchy of professions, along with the existence of a “glass ceiling.” The main aim was to propose measures leading to reduction and preferably closing the gender gap and discrimination of women in the managerial environment and public sector. To achieve my objectives, I used a comparison of the current situation in the Czech Republic and Sweden, where gender equality is actively promoted. This research contributes to the already existing literature on the topic of women discrimination and gender issues in the workplace extended by cultural perception of woman in society (according to Hofstede’s dimensions) and could be the starting point for further studies.