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Bookmark or Share- Gender pay gap in sports is huge and it’s not about to closeBut there are reasons to be hopeful amid the gender wage gap in sports. Athletics is one of the “good news stories”, with the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Championships and annual Diamond series offering financial rewards that are “gender blind”.
- How to reduce the motherhood penalty and the gender pay gap | World ...It’s a term coined by sociologists describing the systematic disadvantage that women encounter in the workplace when they become mothers, in terms of pay, perceived competence and benefits compared to other workers. For me, it is the gender pay gap – some studies have shown the motherhood penalty makes up 80% of the gender pay gap.
- Global Gender Gap Report 2024 | World Economic ForumThe Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception.
- Gender Gap: This is the state of work for women in 2024The overall Economic Participation and Opportunity gap has closed by 17 years since last year’s edition, though it remains the second-largest gap to bridge and there are wide variations between countries. The lowest reported score on this subindex is 31.1% (Bangladesh), while the highest is 87.4% (Liberia).
- An economist explains why women are paid lessA non-existent wage gap becomes a significant and growing wage gap. Women often choose to move to part-time employment or to step out out of a career promotion pathway in order to have more time for motherhood and childcare when their children are young.
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