Almost no progress on wage equality around the globe in past seven years,according to reportProgress to shut the gender pay gap around the world has all but stopped since the 2008 economic crash and it will be more than 100 years before women can expect equal pay with men, according to the latest global figures.
Women’s pay still lags nearly a decade behind, or according to the World Economic Forum,meaning that what they are paid now on average is the equivalent of what men were paid in 2006. And the outlook is gloomy: at current rates of change, the World Economic Forum (WEF) estimates it will be 118 years before women around the world can expect equal pay.
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Source: theguardian.com