Technology will widen pay gap and hit women hardest – Davos report- Guardian

Research into jobs finds men’s dominance in IT and biotech is reversing trend towards equality

The gulf between men and women at work – in both pay and status – is likely to widen unless action is taken to tackle inequality in high-growth sectors such as technology, say researchers at this week’s World Economic Forum summit in Davos.

A new WEF report on the future of jobs finds the dominance of men in industries such as information and biotechnology, coupled with the enduring failure of women to rise to the top even in the health and education sectors, is helping to reverse gender equality after years of improvements.

Women in the Workplace, Women in Economy, Gender Gap, Gender EqualityBrigitte BellanJanuary 31, 2018Guardian, Inequality, Davos, The Guardian

Women will wait 217 years for pay gap to close, WEF says - The Guardian

Gender parity ‘shifting into reverse’ as World Economic Forum adds 47 years to time needed to reach workplace equality.

The authors of a new report forecasting that it could take 170 years to eradicate the disparity in pay and employment opportunities for men and women have called for urgent action to close the gender equality gap.

The report by the World Economic Forum – best known for its high-profile gathering each year in Davos, Switzerland – found that economic disparity between women and men around the world was rising even though the gap was closing on other measures, such as education.

Gender Gap, Women in Economy, Women in the WorkplaceBrigitte BellanNovember 4, 2017The Guardian, WEF, Jill Treanor, Gender Parity Gap