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Worlwide celebrated, the International Women’s Day commemorates women’s achievements after over a century of social and political movements to obtain equal civil rights than those men have always had, enjoy and exercise.

This date was chosen in celebration of the labour movements at the beginning of the 20th century in Europe and North America, and today it represents the continous struggle of women from all countries to access opportunities in the work place with the hope of breaking the glass ceiling and achieve real equality at some point, in the near-term.

Both developing and developed countries reflect a huge gap regarding gender equality, in different scales depending on the region. Still, many challenges are to be faced to meet the commitments of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals signed by its members.

For instance, although the presence of women in the parliamentary environment has increased in recent decades, UN Women indicates that it represents only 22% of parliamentarians from all over the world.

The United Nations also states that even today, women receive a lower salary than men, of around 24% less (although there are different wage gaps according to each country).

The OECD identifies different forms of gender discrimination in the workplace, among them:

  • Women are the most active part-time workers
  • Harassment at work, a more visible reality for women
  • A large gap in activity between men and women
  • More women than men receive the minimum wage

In the US alone, statics still show that women have not moved up to positions of prominence and power at anywhere near the rate that should have followed the progress made in the last decades of the past century.

A significant percentage of American women are still employed in traditional female roles. This fact can be appreciated at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,” data for 2018:

  • 94% Secretaries and administrative assistants

Opposite to this, women are underepresented in the traditional masculine roles:

When it comes to management, the efforts to have women in leadership positions are visible. Many management occupations are above 30% but this is still unacceptable given that women are 50.8% of the US population and they account for 47% of the country’s labor force and 49% of the college-educated workforce. In addition, they represent...

  • 60% of undergraduate degrees and 60% of all master’s degrees.
  • 47% of all law degrees and 48% of all medical degrees.
  • 38% of MBAs and 48% of specialized master’s degrees.

Yet, numbers speak for themselves, and leadership positions are not positive, representing:

  • 27% Computer and information systems managers
  • 22% Industrial production managers

So, next time you consider equality has been already achieved, just look for some statics and you’ll realize there’s still plenty of work to be done.

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