Closing the global gender gap – whose job is it anyway?
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Author: Zara Nanu, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gapsquare
This year’s World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap says jobs in increasing demand (data science, AI, cyber, internet of things) are strongly male dominated and have higher annual salaries.
Within the list of top ten most equal countries this year, all have equal pay for equal value legislation, and eight have gender pay transparency legislation.
So to close the gap, businesses and policy-makers need to look at occupational segregation and career progression.
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