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"Unveiling the Persistent Gender Wage Gap on Equal Pay Day"
On Equal Pay Day, it's highlighted that women still earn 84 cents for every dollar men make, or even less when factoring in part-time and seasonal work. President Biden acknowledged the ongoing fight for equal pay despite progress, and education doesn't level the playing field as women with master's degrees earn 72 cents for every dollar men with the same degree make. The enduring wage gap is attributed to employer treatment and women's choices about work and family. The Biden administration aims to narrow the gap by addressing job sector differences and promoting initiatives to recruit more women in high-demand fields. Additionally, women in leadership positions have been steadily increasing, with a record number of 52 women leading Fortune 500 companies last year.
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Unraveling the Meaning and Significance of Patriarchy: A Global Conversation
Patriarchy refers to a social system where men hold a disproportionate amount of power and control in various aspects of society. In patriarchal societies, men dominate leadership positions, control resources, and perpetuate gender biases that favor men over women. Despite progress towards gender equality, the US remains a patriarchal society with persistent gender pay gaps and limited reproductive rights. While not all societies are patriarchal, there are also matriarchal societies where power and influence are shared between women and men. Dismantling patriarchy requires challenging biases, changing cultural norms, empowering women economically, and supporting women's rights organizations.
Gender gap persists globally, with slow progress in US and East Asia.
The US has fallen behind in closing the gender gap, ranking 43rd out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap report. The country experienced a 2.1-percentage-point decline in its gender parity score, with the largest drop in political empowerment. Overall, it will take 131 years to close the gender pay gap across the world economy, a marginal improvement from the previous estimate of 132 years. The WEF warned that progress on political empowerment was stagnating and economic participation among women has worsened, while AI could exacerbate the progress being lost in economic participation among women.
UN Report Reveals Alarming Gender Bias Against Women with No Improvement in Past Decade
A new UN report has found that almost nine out of 10 people hold "fundamental biases" against women, with half of people globally believing men make better political leaders than women, more than 40% believing men make better business executives than women, and 25% believing it is justified for a man to beat his wife. Biased gender social norms are a major barrier to achieving gender equality, and the undervaluation of women's capabilities and rights in society constrains women's choices and opportunities. The report warns that the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030, and governments have a crucial role in shifting gender social norms.
"UN Commission on Women's Status advocates for technology and education to accelerate gender equality"
The UN Commission on the Status of Women has emphasized the importance of technology and innovation in achieving gender equality, calling for increased investments to bridge the gender digital divide and promote safe and gender-responsive technology and innovation. The Commission also called for inclusive and equitable quality education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, information and communications technology, and digital literacy to ensure that all women and girls can thrive in a rapidly changing world. Initiatives to promote innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality must consider the needs of all women and girls, remove barriers to equal access, foster a policy of zero tolerance for gender-based violence, mainstream a gender perspective in the design of emerging technologies, and develop gender-responsive innovation that challenges gender stereotypes and negative social norms.