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- While some countries are making progress towards equal pay, the rest of the world is seeing a bigger gender pay gap than ever.
- In just about every occupation in the US, women earn less than men.
- Globally, women earn on average 57% of what men earn.
- So how do we close the gender pay gap?
- Ultimately, it’s not about equal pay for equal work. The solution boils down to how flexible work is approached.
Closing the gender pay gap isn’t as simple as championing equal pay for equal work.
The US Census Bureau’s latest data indicates women earned 82% of what men earned in 2016. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), women earn about 57% of what men earn globally. The global gender pay gap is widening, and at the rate things are going, WEF predicts the economic gap between men and women won’t be closed for another 217 years.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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