Problem
Unequal pay for women
Other Names:
Denial of right to equal pay for women Nature:
The gap between male and female earnings, although in a few countries narrowing somewhat in the wake of legislative efforts, has generally remained distressingly large, even for workers with roughly similar qualifications. It is now evident that this gap is due mainly to the concentration of women in the lower-paying occupations and industries rather than to men and women being paid differently in the same or similar jobs. Women are concentrated in the lower-paying occupations because these are sex-segregated keeping most men out, while the higher paying occupations tend to keep women out. On-the-job training to improve skills is biased towards males as well. Unequal pay for women is very evidently the tradition in many developing countries.
Narrower Problems:
Discrimination against women in payment and prizes for athletic events Related Problems:
Discrimination against women executivesUnequal employment opportunities for womenDenial of right of equal pay for equal work Aggravates:
Prostitution Strategies:
Securing minimum wage limits for womenEncouraging flexible labour laws for womenImproving job security for womenLiberating women worker's economicsReducing inequality of pay for womenPreserving inequality of pay for women References:
Parcel, Toby L and Mueller, Charles W: Ascription and Labor Markets: race and sex difference in earningsStolz, Barbara A: Still Struggling: a portrait of low-income women in the 1980's Subject(s):
Social Activity → Employment conditionsSocietal Problems → Deprivation
Society → Women
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST