Mandatory pay gap reporting is key to achieving workforce gender equality in the global health sector
Tackling the gender pay gap is essential for a more inclusive global health sector, but progress towards closing the gap has remained slow, highlighting the need for better transparency and accountability. Mandatory reporting is an important first step in pushing for change, say Victoria Olarewaju and colleagues This year’s Equal Pay Day in the UK is 22 November. The UK based Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality, reports that the nation’s mean gender pay gap based on hourly pay is 10.7% among full time workers. In other words, 22 November is the date when women effectively...
Source: bmj.com