Women as a potential of the European labour force

The aim of this paper is to investigate the problems and the best solutions to the challenge of increasing women’s participation on the European labour market, to alleviate the consequences of the demographic changes and maintain the European welfare state. We intentionally focus on women’s presence on the labour market, whereas the important aspects of their employment, such as gender equality issues, social cohesion or quality of jobs for women – are beyond the scope of this paper.