The vast majority of fast-growing jobs do not have gender parity and many show a severe under-representation of women, finds new data from LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network. LinkedIn identified 99 jobs that are consistently growing in demand across 20 economies and looked at female representation across those roles. The data – published in […]
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Japan’s voluntary month-and-a-half shutdown of the economy in April due to COVID-19 has had a higher cost for women than men. A key reason: a “guilt gap” between women and men, where women often feel compelled to take on more professional sacrifices. Close to one million women—the majority of whom worked in temporary and part-time […]
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We currently live in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) that brings about unprecedented opportunities as it opens a wider door for women to strengthen their skills in a more sophisticated way. With equal knowledge acquisition between men and women, this could help close the existing gender gap in society. The reality, however, says a different […]
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Recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2017 has ranked India in the 108th, indicating a plunge of 21 slots from 87th last year. This ranking is even 10 notches lower than in 2006 when the WEF started measuring the gender gap, The Hindu reports. India’s current position is primarily owing to less […]
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Citigroup Inc. has adjusted the pay in Singapore of women who earned less than their male peers for doing the same work, the latest action in a growing trend of companies and countries seeking to close the gender gap in pay. “Since 2018, we made an assessment of where we are and what we need […]
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Have you ever wondered why women typically earn less than men? Referring to the difference in overall pay between women and men, the gender pay gap is a widely used indicator of gender inequality and is frequently used to monitor progress towards gender equality. Various studies have indicated that the gender pay gap continues to […]
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Technology has always been seen as a great enabler that paves the path to economic progress for many countries around the world. However, recent report by International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested that it also has a potential role in perpetuating major societal issue: gender employment gap. According to the report, women might face a greater […]
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More and more organisations are showing commitment in furthering gender equality in the workplace. Recent global index released earlier this month has recognised four Singapore-based companies for delivering transparency in terms of gender reporting and advancing gender equality. The second edition of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index lauded Singtel, United Overseas Bank (UOB), City Developments (CDL) […]
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