Today is equal pay day
In the executive summary of the 2008 State of the World report, I read that women account for over 40% of the world’s workforce but only earn 25% of the global income. Today is equal pay day. On the website equalpayday.ch, I read that here in Switzerland, men earn about 20% more than women. I also noticed this statement by Mr. Heinz Karrer, CEO of Axpo:
On the Global Gender Gap Index 2008, Switzerland is ranked # 14 – a very strong improvement compared with Switzerland’s 2007 ranking as # 40. Switzerland gains 26 places in the rankings based on very substantial increases in the percentage of women in parliament and those in ministerial level positions. The Global Gender Gap Report 2008 is published by the World Economic Forum which is based in Geneva, Switzerland. The Gender Gap Index 2008 is the result of collaboration with faculty at Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley.
"Der Weg zu einer wirklichen Gleichstellung mag ein steiniger sein, aber es lohnt sich, ihn bewusst und beherzt zu gehen. Wir haben uns in der Axpo HR-Politik dazu verpflichtet. Das heißt gerade in traditionell von Männern dominierten Branchen wie der unseren: Erstens konsequent den gleichen Lohn für den gleichen Job und die gleiche Qualifikation bezahlen. Und sich zweitens bei jeder Neubesetzung die Frage stellen: Okay, bisher war da zwar ein Mann? Weshalb nicht ab morgen eine Frau?"
On the Global Gender Gap Index 2008, Switzerland is ranked # 14 – a very strong improvement compared with Switzerland’s 2007 ranking as # 40. Switzerland gains 26 places in the rankings based on very substantial increases in the percentage of women in parliament and those in ministerial level positions. The Global Gender Gap Report 2008 is published by the World Economic Forum which is based in Geneva, Switzerland. The Gender Gap Index 2008 is the result of collaboration with faculty at Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley.
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