gender_and_inequality

UK: Govt urged to give new mothers £2k pension top-up

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pensionsage (03.06.2019) The government is being urged to give new mothers a £2,000 pension top-up to address the pension gender gap. The call from Which? follows analysis by itself and the Pensions Policy Institute, which found that women who take time out of work to care for a while, are hit with a ‘motherhood pension penalty’, potentially saving £15,000 less towards retirement compared to the average full-time working woman.

Regions / Country
united kingdom
Global challenges
Topics
Pensions
Financing
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Perú: Mujeres informales ganan 3 veces menos que formales

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larepublica.pe (26.03.2019) Brecha salarial. En un puesto de trabajo formal el salario promedio de una mujer asciende a S/ 2.032; mientras que en el sector informal gana S/ 715 al mes.

Regions / Country
peru
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Document Type

UN Advocates for Social Protection and Security for Women

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Prensa Latina (23.03.2019) United Nations, March 23 (Prensa Latina) The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is advocating this Saturday providing them with social protection guarantees, mobility, security and access to economic opportunities.

Global challenges
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Mèxico: Protección social - una cuestión de derechos

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El Economista (20.03.2019) En la última década, los derechos económicos de las mujeres, como el derecho al trabajo y a la protección social, han atraído la atención internacional

Regions / Country
latin america
mexico
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Document Type

Nigeria: Federal Government urged to improve social protection for women

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Daily Trust (11.03.2019) Experts have called on the federal government and other stakeholders to strengthen social protection programmes and policies for women and other vulnerable groups in the country.

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nigeria
Global challenges
Document Type

France: Métiers du numérique : où sont les femmes?

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Franceinfo (11.03.2019) Dans les services informatiques comme dans le métier d’ingénieur, les femmes sont nettement sous-représentées. Pourquoi ne sont-elles pas davantage à travailler dans le numérique ?

Regions / Country
france
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

International Women’s Day: Work-related gender gaps persist but solutions are clear – new ILO report

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ILO (07.03.2019) A future of work in which women will no longer lag behind men is within reach, but it will take a quantum leap, not just hesitant incremental steps, to get there, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report published for International Women’s Day on 8 March.

Global challenges
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Stories from older women on social protection and economic empowerment

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HelpAge International (07.03.2019) Women around the world regularly face discrimination and disadvantages due to their gender. They will recieve less formal education and training than men, and work in informal and low-paid jobs, having to shoulder most unpaid care responsibilities. These factors have a damaging effect on the financial security of women and their overall quality of life as they age.

Topics
Old-age pensions
Document Type

Deutschland: WSI-Studie - Das Homeoffice wird für Frauen zur Doppelbelastung

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Handelsblatt  (06.03.2019) Flexible Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice sollen Eltern helfen, Familie und Beruf besser zu vereinbaren. Eine WSI-Studie weist aber einen anderen Effekt nach.

Regions / Country
germany
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Document Type

El trabajo decente sigue lejos para mujeres latinoamericanas 

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ipsnoticias (06.03.2019) Las mujeres latinoamericanas ganan en promedio una quinta parte menos que los hombres por cada hora trabajada, en uno de los hechos que retratan las persistentes inequidades en el campo laboral, que mantienen lejos en la región la meta de igualdad en las remuneraciones para 2030.

Regions / Country
latin america
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Difficult-to-cover groups
Document Type