Despite all the steps that are said to be taken for gender equality, there is still a gap in the wage gap between men and women in the business world. The published reports reveal the size of the gap.
We come across as the most critical topics on the way to ensure gender equality. education and business coming out. Even though the gap is gradually closing with the numerous projects carried out over the years in terms of education, there is still a lot to be done to ensure the participation of women in the business world and to work under equal conditions.
Because women’s participation rates in the business world still quite low compared to men. Women who have started their careers have another problem; compared to men with whom they work in the same/equal position getting lower wages…
Reports show that women work for less than men around the world;
Looking at the worldwide average data, a For 1 dollar earned by a man, a woman receives 77 cents. wins. According to the data shared by the United Nations, in order to eliminate the gender pay gap between women and men; if we go at this speed It takes 257 years.
Companies that talk about ‘the number of female employees and that they are proud of their female employees’ with lots of photos on special days such as Women’s Day, Unfortunately, it cannot paint the same positive image when it comes to salary..
A Twitter bot created to raise awareness by exposing this hypocrisy.Gender Pay Gap Bot”, every year on Women’s Day, explains the male-female wage gap rates of companies with 250 or more employees in the UK…
The situation in Turkey is also not encouraging;
According to the “Measurement of Gender Wage Gap” report published by the International Labor Organization (ILO), the gender pay gap rate in Turkey is 15.6%. The factor-based gender-based wage gap average calculated in order to save the gender pay gap from the effects that may arise from the concentration of wage-earning women and men in different education levels and sectors is 21.1%.
The report also mentions the gender pay gap rates in different occupational groups. For example, in the “Human Health and Social Work Activities” sector, where the rate of female employees is 70%, the wage gap based on gender is 39.9%.
In “Finance and Insurance Activities”, another sector with a high rate of female employees, the rate of wage gap based on gender is 20.8%, despite a high rate of 43% female employees.
Closing the wage gap will also make a huge contribution to the world economy;
According to an analysis published by the international credit rating agency Moody’s, the disappearance of the gender wage gap between men and women will contribute approximately 7 trillion dollars to the global economy.
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