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Activists, celebrities and governments are joining the UN to combat what they describe as the “great robbery” of pay inequality
On global average, women workers earn 23 per cent less than their male counterparts doing the same job, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates it will take 70 years to close this gender wage gap.
This week we’re bringing you a special programme to celebrate International Women’s Day, marked annually on the 8th of March.
This year, the UN’s gender entity, UN Women, is putting the focus on work issues, including unpaid care and domestic work, and their impact on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Although technological advances and globalization are providing unprecedented opportunities in the workplace, women on average still earn around a quarter less than men, for the same job.
That’s according to the UN’s gender entity, UN Women, which is collaborating with companies across the globe to tackle workplace inequality.
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