It will take 170 years for women to be paid as much as men. Credit: PTI
Women across the world are often employed in low pay sectors, face high levels of discrimination in the workplace and take on a disproportionate amount of unpaid care work
By Baher Kamal - 17/01/2017
Rome: While just eight individuals, all of them men, own the same wealth as 3.6 billion people — half of world’s total population — it will take 170 years for women to be paid the same as men, warns a new major report on inequality.
Oxfam International’s report, ‘An economy for the 99 per cent’, which was released on January 16, shows that the gap between rich and poor is “far greater than had been feared.”
In it, Oxfam warns that women – who are often employed in low pay sectors, face high levels of discrimination in the workplace and take on a disproportionate amount of unpaid care work – often find themselves at the bottom of the pile.
Direct Link to Full 704-Page 2016 Report:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/wr2017-web.pdf
Direct Link to Full 104-Page 2016 InterAction Publication:
https://www.interaction.org/sites/default/files/FABB2016/FABB2016.pdf
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New report offers global resource on using the law to improve health
January 2017
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VIENNA, 23 November 2016 – The need to gender mainstream operational responses by the security sector in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) was highlighted during a two-day technical expert meeting of more than 80 law enforcement and government officials from across the OSCE region, which concluded today in Vienna.
Organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the meeting aimed to compile the experts’ recommendations on steering OSCE activities to raise gender awareness in States’ efforts to prevent and counter VERLT.
“Failing to apply a gender perspective will weaken the ability of the security sector to carry out their responsibilities and policies effectively,” said the OSCE’s Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues, Thomas Wuchte. “It also has an impact on the capacity of the law enforcement agencies to tailor interventions to reach women and girls. Although the UN Security Council affirmed 16 years ago that women’s leadership is essential in building and sustaining peace and security, implementation has been slow, and we need to increase our efforts.”
