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The gender pay gap remains stubbornly high – too many women continue to face sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. The introduction of gender pay gap reporting has helped ensure more organisations are taking steps to tackle inequality at work, but further action is needed.
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Three pieces of research to understand the barriers to progression faced by women in the workplace and what works for employers to overcome them.
In 2018, the government commissioned a series of academic evidence reviews on family friendly policies and women’s progression as part of the Workplace and Gender Equality Research Programme. These looked at:
•Employment pathways and occupational change after childbirth
•Women’s progression in the workplace
•Family friendly working policies and practices – motivations, influences and impacts for employers
Published 22 October 2019
- Government Equalities Office
Jun 20, 2023 · The 2022 edition of the Global Gender Gap Report raised concerns over the state of gender parity in the labour market. Not only was women’s participation slipping globally, but other markers of economic opportunity were showing substantive disparities between women and men.
Jun 27, 2024 · Women make up 42% of the global workforce and 31.7% of senior leaders, lagging behind men in nearly every industry and economy, according to LinkedIn data cited in the Forum’s report. While women hold 50% of entry-level positions, they still lack access to the C-suite, with only 25% of top positions.
- Rebecca Geldard
- Lack of women in leadership. With just 27 per cent of parliamentary seats, 36 per cent of local government seats, and 28 per cent of management positions held by women, there is a lack of diverse perspectives in decision-making processes, hindering comprehensive policy formulation.
- Poverty and lack of economic opportunities. More than 340 million women and girls are projected to live in extreme poverty by 2030. This represents a staggering 8 per cent of the global female population surviving on less than USD 2.15 a day.
- Workplace discrimination and inequalities. Only 61 per cent of prime working-age women participate in the labour force, compared to 91 per cent of prime working-age men.
- An imbalance in unpaid care work. On the current trajectory, the gap between the time spent by women and men on unpaid care will narrow slightly, but by 2050, women globally will still be spending 9.5 per cent more time (2.3 more hours per day) on unpaid care work than men.
Oct 6, 2021 · The number of employed women declined by 54 million in 2020 and 45 million women left the labour market altogether. Women have suffered steeper job losses than men, along with increased unpaid care burdens at home. We must do more to support women in the workforce.
1 day ago · Last year, for the first time in two decades, the gender wage gap widened, with men’s median earnings rising 3% while women’s grew only 1.5%.This backsliding surprised some, in part because it ...
