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Karen Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> on 05/21/2003 10:56:43 AM



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          Raphael/Atkinson)



 Subject: Time for Equality at Work








"Time for Equality at Work" is a report released on May 12 by the
International Labor Organization.  Among its findings are that women are by
far the world's largest discriminated group of workers. In addition to the
"glass ceiling", the "pay gap" between women and men is still significant in
most countries. Women are also more likely than men to be found in the
lower-paid and least secure jobs. Women tend to be employed in a narrower
range of occupations than men and are more likely to work part-time or
short-term. They also face more barriers to promotion and career
development. Export-led industrial development has opened up many
occupations to women, but inequalities remain in terms of pay, hierarchy and
promotion. Available evidence seems to show that occupational segregation
also persists in new areas of work related to information and communications
technologies - once hailed as a window of equal treatment and opportunities
for women.

Contributed by Charlotte Moser on the Development Gateway website.

http://www.developmentgateway.org//gender/dg-contribute/item-detail?item_id=
316730&version_id=187839&from=alert



Karen Schmidt
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