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What the autumn statement means for women – three economists explain

This year’s autumn statement was announced by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, on Equal Pay Day – the day that UK women stop being paid when compared with men’s wages, due to the gender pay gap. It’s fitting then that the statement included some measures that could help working women –…

The Conversation

Gender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over ‘will not close till they are pensioners’

Equal Pay Day report from Fawcett Society blames lack of flexible working in well-paid high-quality jobs

The Guardian - UK

South Korea: Where feminism has become taboo

In this special edition, Annette Young heads to South Korea, which, despite its impressive economic record, consistently scores poorly for gender equality among advanced nations. It has the worst gender pay gap among OECD nations, while its traditional workplace culture results in many women giving up their careers after childbirth.…

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Sexism in the City: Sexual harassment still 'prevalent' in Square Mile with victims 'silenced' by use of NDAs

Equality watchdog warns about scale of sexual misconduct in the Square Mile to Commons Treasury Committee investigating 'Sexism in the City'

Evening Standard

Gender pay gap persists in City boardrooms as male directors still earning 70% more than female counterparts

Gender pay gap barely falling at top companies

Evening Standard

'Scandalous': Scotland's gender pay gap widening STUC warn amid school staff strikes

THE gender pay gap in Scotland is widening, according to a new analysis conducted by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC).

The National (Scotland)

What the anti-woke backlash against liberal feminism misses about causes like the gender pay gap

This week, thousands of women across Iceland went on strike to demand greater gender equality. That’s right, Iceland: the country that has ranked highest in the world for gender equality for the past 14 years in a row.

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Women and nonbinary Icelanders go on a 24-hour strike to protest the gender pay gap

According to organizers of the strike, women make 21% less than men on average. Immigrant women and women who work in sanitation and with children have some of the lowest wages in the country.

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The 4-day workweek could be the best way to bridge the gender pay gap–and the companies that have tried it are living proof

Companies such as Kickstarter, Microsoft Japan, and Unilever have proved that a shorter workweek can benefit working mothers–and business results.

Fortune

Iceland's Prime Minister joins first women's strike in 48 years over gender pay gap

ICELAND’s prime minister and tens of thousands of women across the nation have gone on strike for the first time in almost half a century calling…

The National (Scotland)

Iceland's PM Katrin Jakobsdottir goes on strike over gender pay gap

Tuesday’s protest will involve women and non-binary people stopping paid and unpaid labour

Evening Standard

Many women left behind by pay gap efforts

Age, cultural identity and disability are among factors that contribute to the gender pay gap, according to a new report into Victoria's public sector.

AAP

Biden's historic stand with UAW members shows how far labor activism has come in America. True equal pay should be next on his agenda

Apart from the direct $180 billion boost to public finances, closing the gender pay gap could channel an additional $512.6 billion into the U.S. economy.

Fortune

Women set to vote for first time at Catholic Synod of Bishops

In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, women are to vote for the first time at the Synod of Bishops, later this month. Annette Young asks Kate McElwee, the executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference, if we are moving closer to the possibility of having Catholic women priests.…

France 24

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Sidelined no longer, Claudia Goldin wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for examining why gender pay gaps persist

In an astonishing act of timing, Harvard University’s Professor Claudia Goldin published a paper on Monday titled Why Women Won. It mapped milestone moments in women’s rights in the United States from 1905 to 2023.

The Conversation

Nobel prize in economics: Claudia Goldin's work is a goldmine for understanding the gender pay gap and women's empowerment

Women stirred up a “quiet revolution” in the labour market, according to Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She is the 2023 winner of the Nobel prize in economics for her analysis of gender differences in the labour market, particularly the persistent problem of the…

The Guardian - US

The women who earn more than their partners: ‘I’m with someone who is threatened by me’

In Netflix’s Fair Play, a couple crumbles when the woman is promoted, an experience many can relate to as the gender pay gap tightens

AAP

Wide disparity in gender pay gap across businesses

Australia has made steady progress on closing the gender pay gap but it has started to stall, with some businesses taking leaps and others doing the minimum.

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‘They were earning £10,000 more than me!’ What happens when colleagues come clean about pay

Most employees don’t like to talk about how much they earn. Many are simply afraid to. But breaking that taboo can transform life – especially for women and people of colour

Cinemablend

What Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence And 5 Other Actresses Have Said About The Pay Gap

Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence and more actresses have stood up and said something about the gender pay gap in Hollywood.

The Guardian - AU

Labor rejects ban on native forest logging as PM accuses Greens of hypocrisy on housing

National conference outlines plans for energy transition, making early childhood education universal and closing gender pay gap

The Independent UK

Davina McCall praises Jonathan Ross for sharing his salary details to protect her from gender pay gap

Both presenters are judges on ‘The Masked Singer’

The Independent UK

BBC gender pay gap widens, annual report shows

The corporation said the median pay gap rose from 5.9% to 7.3% due to an investment in technology and product areas, which are male dominated.

Birmingham Post

Hull firm named by equalities watchdog for gender pay gap data failure

SGS Packaging Europe one of eight on the list as Equality and Human Rights Commission ramps up action

AAP

Gender pay gap is lower in commonwealth public service

The gender pay gap in the commonwealth public service is half that for the private sector, a snapshot released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows.

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