By Judith Ireland and Fergus Hunter
The United Nations organization (click here) dedicated to gender equality, UN Women, has released a damning report on the progress of women worldwide.
Its headline findings include that women earn three-quarters of men's earnings and do almost two and a half times the domestic work.
But the report, more than 300 pages long, also contains sobering figures about what life is like for women in specific countries....
The woman to the right is Judith Ireland. She is holding the line on the silence regarding women and the prejudice that prevents economic prosperity in their lives and the lives of their family.
By Judith Ireland
Women worldwide earn only three quarters (click here) of what male workers are paid, while they do almost two and half times the amount of housework, a United Nations report has found.
Calling for a major shakeup in global economic and social policy, "Progress of the World's Women" says that, on average, women earn 24 per cent less than men.
Women in South Asia experience the biggest pay gap, with an average of 33 per cent, while women in the Middle East and North Africa experience the smallest, with an average of 14 per cent. Along with Finland and Mongolia, Australia received particular mention in the report for being a country where the pay gap widened between 2000 and 2010.
UN Women says that despite progress on women's rights over the past two decades, the current situation is not acceptable or understandable.
