Workplace Gender Gap

Women may have to wait more than two centuries for equality at work, according to a report on Tuesday showing gender inequality growing in workplaces worldwide despite increasing demands for equal treatment.

"Men and women alike have taken on more caregiving responsibilities-as partners in dual-earning households, or single parents, or family members supporting their relatives. Many find themselves straining to balance their jobs and their families, and life both at home and at work suffers as a result."

United Nations: Closing gender gap at work can be beneficial for both the society and economy, according to a new UN agency report. “Reducing gender disparities at workplaces by 25 per cent by 2025 could inject nearly $5 trillion into the global economy and boost tax revenues,” said the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the report r...

Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for another 170 years, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday.

Digital skills are helping narrow the workplace gender gap, and gender equality could be achieved much sooner than expected if governments and businesses can double the pace at which women become digitally fluent, according to a report.

Women may have to wait more than two centuries for equality at work, according to a report on Tuesday showing gender inequality growing in workplaces worldwide despite increasing demands for equal treatment.

"Men and women alike have taken on more caregiving responsibilities-as partners in dual-earning households, or single parents, or family members supporting their relatives. Many find themselves straining to balance their jobs and their families, and life both at home and at work suffers as a result."

United Nations: Closing gender gap at work can be beneficial for both the society and economy, according to a new UN agency report. “Reducing gender disparities at workplaces by 25 per cent by 2025 could inject nearly $5 trillion into the global economy and boost tax revenues,” said the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the report r...

Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for another 170 years, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday.

Digital skills are helping narrow the workplace gender gap, and gender equality could be achieved much sooner than expected if governments and businesses can double the pace at which women become digitally fluent, according to a report.