A new study has found that Sweden is considered the best place for gender equality in the workplace. Meanwhile the United Kingdom was ranked in 12th place.
The research, from Reboot Online has been released in time for International Women's Day on March 8. It has looked at a variety of factors such as economic opportunities, leadership roles, and length of maternity leave,
While Sweden came in top, Finland and Norway also ranked highly. Turkey scored the lowest on Reboots matrix, with a ranking of 31 points from a possible 300.
The UK came in 12th with 165.5 points. SEO agency Reboot found that the UK has the highest number of women in leadership positions. However, it scored low on full weeks of maternity pay, offering just 11.6.
Sweden meanwhile had plenty of opportunities for women in the workplace. It also scored highly in the amount of paid maternity leave offered to mothers.
Turkey ranked lowest, scoring 31 out of 300. It ranked poorly on some issues but did score highly on the number of women operating in leadership positions.
Naomi Aharony, CEO and Co-Founder at Reboot SEO Agency said:“The overall results have suggested that there is some progress in terms of gender equality in the workplace in Europe. Norway, Finland and Sweden ranked highly, indicating that there are some improvements being made. Although, the disappointing positions of European countries such as Austria and Czech Republic reaffirm that the progress towards gender parity remains slow in Europe.
"Although it is good to see some advancement, women still face numerous challenges when it comes to gender equality in the workplace that involves not only the wage gap, lack of leadership representation, government incentives and work-life balance.”
Top 10 countries for women to work in Europe
1. Sweden
2. Finland
3. Norway
4. Lithuania
5. Slovenia
6. Romania
7. Bulgaria
7. Estonia
9. Iceland
10. France
