¡Descarga Gender Pay Gap: WEF Reports 217 Years to Close y más Apuntes en PDF de Sociología Económica solo en Docsity! Women will wait 217 years for pay gap to close, WEF says Gender parity ‘shifting into reverse’ as World Economic Forum adds 47 years to time needed Treanor, Jill. (2017, Nov. 2) The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/ 01/gender- pay-gap-217-years-to-close-world-economic-forum Women around the globe may have to wait more than two centuries to achieve equality in the workplace, according to new research. The World Economic Forum, best known for its annual gathering in the Swiss resort of Davos, said it would take 217 years for disparities in the pay and employment opportunities of men and women to end. This is significantly longer than the 170 years its researchers calculated a year ago. Taking other indicators such as access to healthcare and education and participation in politics into account, the overall gender gap will take 100 years to close – also longer than the 83 years the WEF researchers predicted last year. It is the first time since the WEF began publishing its gender gap report in 2006 that “slow but steady progress” towards parity between men and women has halted. Saadia Zahidi, the WEF’s head of education, gender and work, said: “In 2017 we should not be seeing progress towards gender parity shift into reverse. 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.” The research ranks 144 countries on the gap between women and men based on economic, health, education and political indicators. The UK has risen five places since last year to 15th on the index, largely as a result of improvement in the political indicators after the appointment of Theresa May as prime minister in 2016. When the index started in 2006, the UK was ranked ninth. The report cites research from the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers showing that, in the UK alone, economic gender parity could add $250bn (£188bn) to GDP. Iceland is top of the index after closing 88% of its gap, and has been the world’s most gender-equal country for nine years, according to the WEF. It has pulled away from the competition as Norway and Finland, in second and third positions, experienced a widening in their equality ratings. EXERCISES True or False: If it’s false, then explain why. 1. _____ There was more equality between men and women in 2017 than in 2016. 2. _____ If women and men were paid the same salaries for the same work, then it would benefit the world economy. 3. _____ The country with the most gender equality in the world is the U.K. 4. _____ The report of the World Economic Forum takes into account exclusively economic factors. Expressions: Write the letter of the best definition in the gap. 1. gender equality is both a moral and economic imperative ____ a) There are laws that say we must achieve gender equality. b) We have a duty to create equality because it’s right for social and also economic reasons. 2. in the workplace ____ c) At home instead of at work. d) At the office, factory, shop or whatever place where people are employed. 3. (to make) slow but steady progress ____ e) Things are fluctuating between better and worse. f) Things are getting better little by little but without stopping. 4. proactive measures ____ g) The correct number of meters. h) Steps or laws that are actively put into effect to move toward the desired goal. 5. to shift into reverse ____ i) Continue in the wrong direction. j) Start going backwards. Not going in the desired direction. 6. to close the gap ____ k) Shut the door or stop progress. l) Make the difference or separation smaller and smaller. 7. to see dividends from ____ m) Gain benefits or positive results from. n) Lose money because you have to divide it among more people. 8. to take it into account ____ o) Include it as one of the factors taken into consideration. p) Count the benefits it may have in a quantity of euros or dollars. Sentences: Write sentences with 4 of the expressions listed above. Show that you understand the meaning. 1. 2. 3. 4. Vocabulary: Write the letter of the best definitions or explanation in the gap. 1. Achieve ____ 2. address (a problem) ____ 3. appointment ____ 4. cite ____ 5. disparity ____ 6. GDP ____ 7. gender ____ 8. halt ____ 9. healthcare ____ 10. parity ____ 11. ranking ____ 12. report ____ 13. shift ____ 14. steady ____ a) change and move b) difference in treatment or quantity c) a document giving the results of a study d) equality in treatment or quantity e) look at and take action on f) male or female g) medical attention and services h) naming of a person (for public office) i) placement in a hierarchical list j) Producto Interior Bruto (in English) k) quote sb l) reach (a goal) m) regular and stable n) stop
