ZAWYA (16.04.2018) Research investigates key concerns, insurance awareness levels and remittance habits of low-income migrant workers in the country
ILO SocPro (April 2018) Men, women and children from indigenous peoples are estimated
to represent 4.5 per cent of the world’s population (World Bank, 2011).1 They constitute more than 5,000 different groups with distinct cultures, forms of social organization, livelihood strategies, practices, notions of poverty and wellbeing, values, and beliefs profoundly embedded in their collective relationship with the lands and territories that they occupy or use, which is at the heart of their distinct identities. The vast majority, approximately two-thirds of the global indigenous
socialeurope (10.04.2018) The integration of migrants from outside the EU into society is one of the key challenges that the Union must address to maintain social cohesion and equality. This blog piece looks at how well migrants and their descendants have integrated into the labour markets of EU Member States.
Bain & Company (February 2018) Demographics, automation and inequality have the potential to dramatically reshape our world in the 2020s and beyond. Our analysis shows that the collision of these forces could trigger economic disruption far greater than we have experienced over the past 60 years (see Figure 1). The aim of this report by Bain's Macro Trends Group is to detail how the impact of aging populations, the adoption of new automation technologies and rising inequality will likely combine to give rise to new business risks and opportunities.
World Economic Forum (07.03.2018) It is widely accepted that a gender gap exists. The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Gender Gap report reveals that it will take 217 years to completely remove the disparity between the sexes around the world.
Le Monde (12.03.2018) Eric Molinié poursuit un parcours professionnel rare, malgré sa tétraplégie. Il déplore l’énorme retard français.
socialprotection.org (2018) Despite progress in education and health worldwide, women still face significant barriers to engage as full economic citizens. There are significant gender gaps in wages and labour market participation. In many cases, women also face barriers and lack the assets needed to become entrepreneurs. These inequalities remain large, persistent and pervasive in many parts of the world.
socialprotection.org (2017) This report provides evidence on the lived experiences of women in low-income families, as they strive to balance their paid work and unpaid care work responsibilities. It presents the findings of a mixed-methods research project carried out in India, Nepal, Rwanda, and Tanzania during 2015–17. The findings of the research are clear and strong: that while women welcome the chance to earn income of almost any kind, their paid work options are few and poorly paid, and by no means contribute to their ‘economic empowerment’.
boursier (08.03.2018) Eurostat a publié des données sur les écarts de rémunération moyens entre homme et femme sur une base brute en 2016 dans l'Union européenne. À la veille de la journée internationale de la femme, Eurostat a publié quelques résultats d'une étude réalisée sur les rémunérations des européens et des européennes. Elle fait apparaître un décalage moyen de 16,2% aux dépens des femmes sur l'année 2016 et permet de battre en brèche quelques idées reçues sur une Europe du Nord qui serait plus progressiste que l'Europe du Sud.
El Mostrador (28.02.2018) La organización llamó a aumentar progresivamente la edad de jubilación de las chilenas, para disminuir las desigualdades. Ministro Eyzaguirre sostuvo que no existen las condiciones actualmente para poder aplicar la medida.
