“From November 8 at 4:48 p.m., women will still work for free this year. And this until the end of December »alerts Rebecca Amsellem, founder of the Les Glorieuses newsletter. The observation is repeated every year in November. In 2024, it is a little less than in 2023, but there are still almost two months of free work to be absorbed to compensate for the salary inequalities between women and men.
This calculation developed by feminist economist Rebecca Amsellem can certainly be improved, but symbolically embodies the delay or progress in policies to reduce inequalities. To achieve total parity without having to wait one hundred and thirty-four years, as predicted by the World Economic Forum (“Global Gender Gap Index 2024”), should women slam the door of HR or “roll on the ground” ? “I saw some men do it”confides the general director of the Association for Executive Employment, Gilles Gateau.
The effectiveness of the method is the subject of a report published Thursday, November 7 by Les Glorieuses to highlight the actions which have enabled significant progress in reducing inequalities, in some countries of the European Union (EU ) and beyond. Their goal? “May all experts, politicians and leaders be able to answer this recurring question: “What has really worked to reduce the pay gap?” with practical lessons »explains Mme Amsell.
Spain and Sweden
This report, which has recently been in the hands of the Secretary of State responsible for equality between women and men, Salima Saa, is not a collection of recipes, but rather a review of the experiments, the collective mobilizations and public policies that have enabled companies to achieve results in Rwanda, New Zealand, the United States, Iceland, the European Union, Sweden and Spain.
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The good students of the European Union, Spain and Sweden, have relied heavily on public policies.
In Spain, the improvement is both recent and dazzling. The wage gap has been reduced by 10 points in ten years, dropping to 8.7% in 2022 compared to 18.7% in 2012, indicates the report which uses figures from Funcas. The Spanish analysis center specializing in economic and social research explains this performance by “a higher level of education” younger generations. “Among those under 25, women earn on average more per hour than men of the same age”illustre le think tank.
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