Gender Equality in Academia, Business, Technology and Health Care: A WomEnPower view in Cyprus.

The aim of this article is to present the findings of a qualitative study aiming at understanding women’s perceptions with regard to a) gender equality at workplace; b) experiences at workplace with regard to gender; c) gender wage gap; d) use of technology for addressing issues of inequality and e) suggestions for the development of an e-mentoring community platform. This study sketches the current situation of gender equality in the fields of academia, business, technology and health care, and provides deep understanding of the difficulties that women with different levels of experience and expertise encounter in their workplace as well as how technology could help them overcome these issues. Data collected demonstrate a variety of challenges faced by women in workplace as well as the need for role models that will allow young women to overcome the stereotypical woman profile as excluded from economic, political and professional life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]