Research

The WoT team launched in 2023 a large field study of women from small towns and rural areas of Greece, with the aim of exploring the particular needs, challenges, obstacles and opportunities they have to manage during of their educational and professional course. Our goal is to build on the findings that will emerge, to propose & design policies and tools that will strengthen the participation of women from every corner of Greece in work and lifelong learning.

Women On Top conducted the survey “Paternity & Parental Leaves - Aspects of the gender gap in (unpaid) care”, with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Greece and Cyprus, with the aim of outlining the barriers that prevent men from making use of parental leaves, investigating the gender gap in the use of paternity leave and formulating policy proposals to encourage wider use of such leaves by fathers.

Women On Top, in collaboration with SUSTAINABLEWE and qed, and with the support of PPC, Henkel, Sani/Ikos Group, Quest, Lush Fund and MedWomen Fund, implemented the second part of its study on the effects of climate crisis in the lives of women in Greece, but also the role of women in planning and implementing sustainability strategies.

The research attempts to shed light on the interaction of climate change and gender equality, based on data that show that women, like other vulnerable social groups, are more adversely affected by the phenomenon in many areas of daily life, both in cities and in the countryside, but they participate less than necessary in the strategies and actions to deal with it.

Research on the gender gap in business financing in Greece, conducted by Women On Top with the support of the British Embassy in Athens.

In this research, carried out by Women On Top and athiNEA, in collaboration with qed and funded by Papastratos/PMI, we wanted to investigate whether women in Greece are able to manage their financial present, build their financial independence and to make financial decisions that will contribute to the well-being of themselves, their families and our society in the future.

A research by Mastercard and Women On Top, about the challenges women face when entering the workforce or starting their first business ventures.

In 2020, in collaboration with Women On Top and the Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, Vodafone carried out for the first time in Greece a survey on the position of women and gender discrimination in the workplace.

From September to December 2021, we implemented a short survey to listen and understand the needs of teachers of all levels, as well as guidance counselors, about integrating the dimension of gender equality in the educational process.