The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap (Spring 2015) You’ve probably heard that men are paid more than women are paid over their lifetimes. But what does that mean? Are women paid less because they choose lower-paying jobs? Is it because more women work part time than men do? Or is it because women have more caregiving responsibilities? And what, exactly, does gender bias have to do with paychecks?
AAUW’s The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap succinctly addresses these issues by going beyond the widely reported 80 percent statistic. The report explains the pay gap in the United States; how it affects women of all ages, races, and education levels; and what you can do to close it. Quick Facts According to AAUW, the pay gap won’t close until 2152. Think 80 cents is bad? The gender pay gap is worse for mothers, and it only grows with age.
Thanks to the pay gap, women of color especially struggle to pay off student debt. Women in every state experience the pay gap, but in some states it’s worse than others. The Big Number: 80 Percent Related. Business women conference held: EBSCOhost. International business women conference augments enhanced guidance to the women entrepreneurs and their large number of participation in it shows their enthusiasm for learning and developing their businesses on modern lines. These views were expressed by Chief Executive Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) S.M. Munir while addressing an international business women conference held here at the expo center Lahore. Secretary TDAP Ms. Rabia Javeri Agha while speaking on the occasion said that gender equality and women's empowerment are critical development objectives. “When women earn societies as a whole benefit through increased investment in children health and schooling, said secretary and added that working women not only reduce poverty in society but they provide inspiration to other women and to the next generation of girls both in homes and their communities.
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Goal 5. Chief of Army message regarding unacceptable behaviour. Face the facts: Gender Equality. Back to main Face the Facts page Download in Word In recent decades, women in Australia have made significant strides towards achieving equality with men. At universities, in workplaces, in boardrooms and in government, a growing number of women have taken on leadership roles, forging pathways for other women and girls to follow. In 1984, the Sex Discrimination Act came into force, making it against the law discrimination to discriminate against someone on the basis of gender, sexuality, marital status, family responsibilities or because they are pregnant. The Act, which gives effect to Australia’s international human rights obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, has played an important role in changing community attitudes and helping advance gender equality in this country. About gender equality in Australia Barriers to gender equality Positive developments Did you know?
Our role Find out more about our work in this area. Find out more. Australian men paid an average of 20 per cent more than women. Updated Men in Australia are still paid on average about 20 per cent more than women, according to a workforce diversity specialist, with figures from the Australian Council of Trade Unions showing the gender pay gap has grown steadily over the last decade. In addition, men and women are paid differently despite performing the same role within Australia's top accounting firms, workforce diversity specialist Conrad Liveris told PM. Mr Liveris claims top accounting firms including PriceWaterHouse Coopers, EY and Deloitte are paying men and women differently for the same roles with pay gaps ranging from 1 to 5 per cent.
"Even at their highest level, at the partnership level, they were finding about a 5 per cent gender pay gap in a like-for-like basis," Mr Liveris said. Deloitte declined a request for an interview but in a written statement the accounting firm said: Mr Liveris said he was encouraged by Deloitte's willingness to change. Topics: women, community-and-society, work, australia.
Gender Pay Gap Factsheet. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Global Development podcast: gender equality | Global development. Gender inequality remains one of the top development challenges of the 21st century. Women and girls continue to fare worse across many headline development indicators - from poverty and health to education and political participation.
But what's holding back progress on gender equality? And what can be done to make the world a better place for women and girls? In this edition of our new Global Development podcast, we look at the impact of the global financial crisis on women around the world, examine new ideas to push forward progress on gender issues, and ask what can be done to tackle gender-based inequalities in the 21st century. To discuss these issues, Madeleine Bunting is joined in the studio by Rachel Moussié, women's rights adviser on economic policy at ActionAid International, and Jane Martinson, women's editor at the Guardian. We also hear from women in New Delhi and are joined down the line by Jeni Klugman, director of gender and development at the World Bank. The Girl Effect. Educate a girl and she will change the world. Women's health. Being a man or a woman has a significant impact on health, as a result of both biological and gender-related differences.
The health of women and girls is of particular concern because, in many societies, they are disadvantaged by discrimination rooted in sociocultural factors. For example, women and girls face increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Some of the sociocultural factors that prevent women and girls to benefit from quality health services and attaining the best possible level of health include: unequal power relationships between men and women; social norms that decrease education and paid employment opportunities; an exclusive focus on women’s reproductive roles; and potential or actual experience of physical, sexual and emotional violence. The Effect of Girls' Education on Health Outcomes: Fact Sheet. (August 2011) Many studies have shown the benefits that education has for girls and women.
The studies link education with reduced child and maternal deaths, improved child health, and lower fertility. Women with at least some formal education are more likely than uneducated women to use contraception, marry later, have fewer children, and be better informed on the nutritional and other needs of children. Fertility: Girls' education helps women control how many children they have. Increasing girls' participation in school over time decreases fertility rates. In Mali, women with secondary education or higher have an average of 3 children while those with no education have an average of 7 children.1 A 35-year study in Guatemala found a link between the years girls spent in school and the timing of childbearing. For each additional year a young woman spent in school, the age at which she had her first child was delayed approximately six to 10 months.2 References.
Sudan 2010 001 Final Report GtS Evaluation. Basic education and gender equality - Issue. Issue South Sudan’s education indicators remain among the worst in the world, despite increases in school enrolment over the past few years. It is estimated that more than one million primary school aged children, mostly from rural areas, are not in school, while the few schools that do exist are not conducive to learning. Low rates of primary school completion and high gender, geographic and wealth disparities pose enormous challenges to the development of South Sudan. The adult literacy rate stands at a mere 27 per cent, and 70 per cent of children aged 6–17 years have never set foot in a classroom. The completion rate in primary schools is less than 10 per cent, one of the lowest in the world.
The graph below gives an indication of the drop out and completion rate from primary grade 1 through to primary 8, gives an indication of the transition to secondary and the survival rate until the last year of secondary education. A normal girl's abnormal Life due to her Basic Knowledge lack - Change Girls life. About GESS | Girls' Education South Sudan. What is Girls’ Education South Sudan? Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) is a six year programme – April 2013 to September 2018 – that aims to transform a generation of South Sudanese girls by increasing access to quality education. South Sudan, the newest country in the world, has some of the lowest educational indicators, with education of girls being particularly among the lowest. Only one girl in ten completes primary education and girls comprise just one-third of the secondary school population.
Very few girls who do complete primary education continue to secondary school. There are many barriers (cultural, financial, poor infrastructure/quality) that are preventing girls from going to school. How will this be achieved? GESS has been designed as a practical programme that removes barriers that prevent girls from going to school. Girls’ Education South Sudan implements activities that tackle these financial, cultural and quality barriers to education for the girl child.