{"id":4137,"date":"2026-09-18T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/?post_type=ace-news&#038;p=4137"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:35:44","slug":"women-a-key-to-the-future-of-construction-sector","status":"publish","type":"ace-news","link":"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/cs\/news\/women-a-key-to-the-future-of-construction-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Women: a key to the future of construction sector?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skills and labour shortages have become a major challenge for the construction industry in the European Union. In Sweden, where 10,000 workers retire from the industry each year, 50% of construction companies report difficulty finding skilled workers and six in ten have declined business due to shortages, according to the Swedish Construction Federation (Byggf\u00f6retagen).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attracting more women to construction is not only a matter of equality: it is essential for ensuring the sector\u2019s future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was one of the central messages from the <strong>CoP 7 European Synergies<\/strong> webinar, organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/build-up.ec.europa.eu\/en\/skills\/bus-united\">BUSUnited<\/a> on 16 September, as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/skills-week\">European Skills &amp; VET Week<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu\/news\/women-key-future-construction-sector-2026-09-17_en\"><strong>Read the full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skills and labour shortages have become a major challenge for the construction industry in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4097,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"news-categories":[236],"news-tags":[],"thematic-scope":[],"class_list":["post-4137","ace-news","type-ace-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Women: a key to the future of construction sector? 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