Women will have to wait 217 years before they earn as much as men and have equal representation in the workplace, research said, revealing the widest gap in almost a decade.

Women are paid and achieve just over half as much as men in the workplace, the World Economic Forum said, reporting an economic gap of 58 percent between the sexes.

“In 2017 we should not be seeing progress toward gender parity shift into reverse,” said Saadia Zahidi, WEF’s head of education, gender and work. “Gender equality is both a moral and economic imperative. Some countries understand this and they are now seeing dividends from the proactive measures they have taken to address their gender gaps.”

It is the second year in a row that the Swiss non-profit has recorded worsening economic inequality, which is calculated by measuring how many men and women participate in the labor force, their earned incomes and their job advancement.

Last year, WEF said women would achieve economic equality in 170 years, down from 118 years in 2015. No country has closed the pay gap, WEF said, using data from institutions such as the International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme and World Health Organization.

Overall, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Rwanda and Sweden ranked highest among 144 nations measured on progress in equality in four areas: education, health and survival, economic opportunity and political empowerment.

Yemen, then Pakistan, Syria, Chad and Iran, ranked lowest. Women fared much better in education, where equality could be reached within 13 years, WEF said, while closing the gap in political empowerment could take a further 99 years.

“Even though qualified women are coming out of the education system, many industries are failing to hire, retain and promote them, losing out on a wealth of capacity,” it said. The report estimated that closing the pay gap could add an extra $250 billion to the GDP of Britain, $1,750 billion to that of the US and $2.5 trillion to China’s GDP.

http://sunnewsonline.com/women-to-wait-217-years-to-earn-as-much-as-men-report/

Thank God not in my generation. My generation must have phased out by the time they attain full equality with men. With the little equality they attained, women have gone berserk: wide, uncontrollable, saucy, deviant, and worst of it, stack naked. Truly I fear when women will attain full equality with men, maybe that will mark the beginning of Armageddon.

not bad

Abeg women in Nigerian Civil service are being paid equally with their male colleagues

lie. a lot of women earn more than a lot of men

what I earn online no woman can come closer in 400 years to come.

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DaniDani:
Thank God not in my generation. My generation must have phased out by the time they attain full equality with men. With the little equality they attained, women have gone berserk: wide, uncontrollable, saucy, deviant, and worst of it, stack naked. Truly I fear when women will attain full equality with men, maybe that will mark the beginning of Armageddon.

You forgot to add that they still believe that the MAN should pay the(ir) bills!. So much for EQUALITY

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Says who??.

Our women ministers are getting paid wella!

Infact, the females working as engineers, or bankers are getting paid equally just like their colleagues naa.

Abi na another research dem dey talk about ni

I like that...if it happens in this our generation then wahala go dey. This world won't be sweet again and enjoyable for us again.

They'll need to activate affirmative ACTION ACT and Equal Opportunity Act,that's the only to actualize and harmonize Pay disparities.

Feminists will not like this

How can men earn more than women?

Okay...she is a branch manager, he is a branch manager too
Will they be paid based on gender?

She is an Engineer,he is an engineer too at the same cadre,

Will they be paid differently?

C'mon....if the research had say we have more men who are salary earners than women,I won't dispute it but for this balderdash research, it's a waste of resources

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Not when you own the goddamn company

Minus my mum and sisters,
They are super women ,
respected and responsible.
Above all, they still give their husbands maximum respect.
The report is true for lazy and naive women,
Not for the civilized and educated woman.

Equality is not possible, fairness is the deal.

Lol.

Story for the gods.

Women get paid as well as men today in many occupations so what's this crso about.

Feminism has become a catch-all vegetable drawer where bunches of clingy sob sisters can store their moldy neuroses.

Lmao before then all these feminists don go 6ft below.

but come to think of it women now earn as much as men or are they trying to play victim with this statistics.

Hmm

Female prostitutes make more money than their male counterparts on the average

I have nothing to say.

Mumu talk

If this research is true, the reason it's true is because religion and traditional beliefs degrade the women folks for centuries.

Now that the world is evolving women are elevating in every field with men, except some theocratical and over patriarch countries.

Reading from this thread and in the world view "I can see one of the greatest fear of some men is for women to elevate than them".

Thank God I go don go before that time comes. I don't envy any creature that will be in existence by that time.


Even animals that will exist then will know something has changed in human race.

Except the article is referring to odd jobs, I'm yet to see any salary scale in any sector (government, private, corporate) that is gender sensitive.

DaniDani:
Thank God not in my generation. My generation must have phased out by the time they attain full equality with men. With the little equality they attained, women have gone berserk: wide, uncontrollable, saucy, deviant, and worst of it, stack naked. Truly I fear when women will attain full equality with men, maybe that will mark the beginning of Armageddon.

I pity the females in your life.

Wow

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