Women at work from a new perspective
A book is published that tries to overcome the clichés about women in the workplace
Women at work is an important issue for everyone, not just companies. However, it is an issue that has taken different forms over time. And one that today needs to be addressed with very different and more complex approaches than in the past. It is women in the workplace today that Luisa Corazza (Full Professor of Labour Law at the University of Molise) discusses in her book “Il lavoro delle donne? Una questione redistributiva” (Women at work? A question of redistribution), which will be published in a few days.
Corazza begins with an objective observation: empirical data show the persistence of discrimination against women in the labour market and in companies. By studying the causes and the precise distribution of this inequality, it is possible to propose a new programme that combines anti-discrimination legislation with policies capable of overcoming the pay gap that still exists, as well as the numerous cases of discrimination. However, we need to start from a new perspective, which is no longer one of “reconciliation” (between work and family life) but of “balance”. An approach that no longer sees “women” at work, but “parents and carers”. Moreover, more attention needs to be paid to the spread of remote working and, in particular, to its gender distribution. In other words, it is not a question of thinking “only about women”, but about the whole labour market, companies and the organisation of work within them.
Luisa Corazza’s analysis is therefore based on a snapshot of anti-discrimination law and, in particular, on the notion of gender discrimination. The book then moves on to the methods of protection and thus to the theme of overcoming discrimination through the concept of redistribution of tasks and the re-examination of the entire business organisation. The burning issue of bridging the pay gap is the last topic that the author examines.
Luisa Corazza’s book is a useful technical basis on which to build a new culture of women at work in companies and, if you think about it, of work in general. To be read and implemented.
Il lavoro delle donne? Una questione redistributiva
Luisa Corazza
Franco Angeli, 2025
A book is published that tries to overcome the clichés about women in the workplace
Women at work is an important issue for everyone, not just companies. However, it is an issue that has taken different forms over time. And one that today needs to be addressed with very different and more complex approaches than in the past. It is women in the workplace today that Luisa Corazza (Full Professor of Labour Law at the University of Molise) discusses in her book “Il lavoro delle donne? Una questione redistributiva” (Women at work? A question of redistribution), which will be published in a few days.
Corazza begins with an objective observation: empirical data show the persistence of discrimination against women in the labour market and in companies. By studying the causes and the precise distribution of this inequality, it is possible to propose a new programme that combines anti-discrimination legislation with policies capable of overcoming the pay gap that still exists, as well as the numerous cases of discrimination. However, we need to start from a new perspective, which is no longer one of “reconciliation” (between work and family life) but of “balance”. An approach that no longer sees “women” at work, but “parents and carers”. Moreover, more attention needs to be paid to the spread of remote working and, in particular, to its gender distribution. In other words, it is not a question of thinking “only about women”, but about the whole labour market, companies and the organisation of work within them.
Luisa Corazza’s analysis is therefore based on a snapshot of anti-discrimination law and, in particular, on the notion of gender discrimination. The book then moves on to the methods of protection and thus to the theme of overcoming discrimination through the concept of redistribution of tasks and the re-examination of the entire business organisation. The burning issue of bridging the pay gap is the last topic that the author examines.
Luisa Corazza’s book is a useful technical basis on which to build a new culture of women at work in companies and, if you think about it, of work in general. To be read and implemented.
Il lavoro delle donne? Una questione redistributiva
Luisa Corazza
Franco Angeli, 2025