Latest items for ERBG-PRACTICE-1
March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen constituted 38.5 per cent and 39.7 per cent of the beneficiaries of market access opportunities and training in business and entrepreneurship. Similarly, 39 per cent of the beneficiaries of provision of working premises were women" (19). "145 road projects created employment opportunities for over 115,000 women" (23). "41.2 per cent of over ten million jobs created in the small and medium scale industries were for women. Similarly, 40.6 per cent of the over three million beneficiaries of the skills training opportunities; 46.5 per cent of beneficiaries of financial services; 40.8 per cent of beneficiaries of provision of workshops; and 40 per cent of the beneficiaries of market linkages were...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen constituted 38.5 per cent and 39.7 per cent of the beneficiaries of market access opportunities and training in business and entrepreneurship. Similarly, 39 per cent of the beneficiaries of provision of working premises were women" (19). "145 road projects created employment opportunities for over 115,000 women" (23). "41.2 per cent of over ten million jobs created in the small and medium scale industries were for women. Similarly, 40.6 per cent of the over three million beneficiaries of the skills training opportunities; 46.5 per cent of beneficiaries of financial services; 40.8 per cent of beneficiaries of provision of workshops; and 40 per cent of the beneficiaries of market linkages were...more
March 16, 2023, 3:32 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“The survey findings also show that there are some small differences in the profile and performance of women-owned companies in relation to Bulgarian SMEs in general. All entrepreneurs face barriers: socio-cultural, legal, economic, financial, regulatory and fiscal, and educational, although, these barriers are greater for Bulgarian women than for men. It is also possible that this survey presents skewed results because the researchers only interviewed successful and surviving women entrepreneurs. It is possible, given the various forms of gender discrimination in the formal sector that women face even greater limitations to becoming a successful entrepreneur than those barriers alluded to above” (46). “The interviewers found that in general Bulgarian women...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“The survey findings also show that there are some small differences in the profile and performance of women-owned companies in relation to Bulgarian SMEs in general. All entrepreneurs face barriers: socio-cultural, legal, economic, financial, regulatory and fiscal, and educational, although, these barriers are greater for Bulgarian women than for men. It is also possible that this survey presents skewed results because the researchers only interviewed successful and surviving women entrepreneurs. It is possible, given the various forms of gender discrimination in the formal sector that women face even greater limitations to becoming a successful entrepreneur than those barriers alluded to above” (46). “The interviewers found that in general Bulgarian women...more
March 11, 2023, 9:50 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
”Female researchers are also provided special funding" (16). "The Ethiopian social security scheme covers employees of both the public sector and the private sector. The public servants’ Pension Proclamation No. 714/2011, which came into effect during the reporting period provides for conditions for receiving social security payment during retirement and in the incidence of incapacity to work due to illness and injury. The benefits therein are retirement pension, invalidity pension, incapacity pension or survivors’ pension and include gratuity and refundable pension contribution. Further, the Proclamation provides for the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sex in the age of retirement, payment of social security as well as transfer of...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
”Female researchers are also provided special funding" (16). "The Ethiopian social security scheme covers employees of both the public sector and the private sector. The public servants’ Pension Proclamation No. 714/2011, which came into effect during the reporting period provides for conditions for receiving social security payment during retirement and in the incidence of incapacity to work due to illness and injury. The benefits therein are retirement pension, invalidity pension, incapacity pension or survivors’ pension and include gratuity and refundable pension contribution. Further, the Proclamation provides for the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sex in the age of retirement, payment of social security as well as transfer of...more
March 11, 2023, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Some government universities have remedial programs that consist of short-term skill trainings in different areas like Information Technology (IT), surveying, hotel management, hairdressing and secretary in TVET Colleges. This intervention helps female students to start their own business or get employment. During the remedial program, female students are provided with dormitory and cafeteria service at the University" (15).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Some government universities have remedial programs that consist of short-term skill trainings in different areas like Information Technology (IT), surveying, hotel management, hairdressing and secretary in TVET Colleges. This intervention helps female students to start their own business or get employment. During the remedial program, female students are provided with dormitory and cafeteria service at the University" (15).
March 8, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women remain under-represented on the boards of directors of public agencies and administrations, and are less represented in management positions in public enterprises and legal entities with high financial power and profitable business operations. Their presence is growing in lower decision-making positions, especially in executive positions with no influence on decision-making. Roma and Egyptian women, women with disabilities, and members of other vulnerable groups are visibly absent from public and political life" (16). "A project related to providing legal aid to parents in exercising their employment rights is offered by the Association Parents. To their knowledge, women who lose their jobs when they become mothers rarely choose to protect their...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women remain under-represented on the boards of directors of public agencies and administrations, and are less represented in management positions in public enterprises and legal entities with high financial power and profitable business operations. Their presence is growing in lower decision-making positions, especially in executive positions with no influence on decision-making. Roma and Egyptian women, women with disabilities, and members of other vulnerable groups are visibly absent from public and political life" (16). "A project related to providing legal aid to parents in exercising their employment rights is offered by the Association Parents. To their knowledge, women who lose their jobs when they become mothers rarely choose to protect their...more
Feb. 27, 2023, 1:02 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Discrimination against working mothers by employers is also absurdly common. In one notorious case, the country’s top baby formula maker was accused of pressuring female employees to quit after getting pregnant." (para 11). "Motivating Korean women to reconsider marriage and children involves infusing every aspect of their lives with agency and equality. A feminist approach would remove obstacles to motherhood simply by enforcing existing laws against workplace discrimination." (para 19).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Discrimination against working mothers by employers is also absurdly common. In one notorious case, the country’s top baby formula maker was accused of pressuring female employees to quit after getting pregnant." (para 11). "Motivating Korean women to reconsider marriage and children involves infusing every aspect of their lives with agency and equality. A feminist approach would remove obstacles to motherhood simply by enforcing existing laws against workplace discrimination." (para 19).
Feb. 27, 2023, 8:27 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
“The situation of Romani women, who may be affected by intersectional forms of disadvantage, and may be more vulnerable to violence, is even more worrisome. According to 2014 research by the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union (FRA), the average situation of Romani women in core areas of social life, such as education, employment, and health, is worse than that of Romani men” (5).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
“The situation of Romani women, who may be affected by intersectional forms of disadvantage, and may be more vulnerable to violence, is even more worrisome. According to 2014 research by the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union (FRA), the average situation of Romani women in core areas of social life, such as education, employment, and health, is worse than that of Romani men” (5).
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The private sector business entities such as Federation of Nepal Chambers of Commerce and Industries, Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries and Confederation of Nepalese Industries have conducted trainings in industrial management and entrepreneurship development to build the capacity of women entrepreneurs for leadership positions at the business sector." (11). "The MoE has initiated Enhanced Vocational Education and Training (EVENT) Project in 2011 with the aim to provide technical and vocational education and training to around 75,000 Nepali youth including at least 30 percent from women. It has encouraged participation of women to non-traditional trade and has planned to produce 5,000 trained women. The EVENT project has already trained...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The private sector business entities such as Federation of Nepal Chambers of Commerce and Industries, Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries and Confederation of Nepalese Industries have conducted trainings in industrial management and entrepreneurship development to build the capacity of women entrepreneurs for leadership positions at the business sector." (11). "The MoE has initiated Enhanced Vocational Education and Training (EVENT) Project in 2011 with the aim to provide technical and vocational education and training to around 75,000 Nepali youth including at least 30 percent from women. It has encouraged participation of women to non-traditional trade and has planned to produce 5,000 trained women. The EVENT project has already trained...more
Feb. 22, 2023, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Action Plan “Entrepreneurship” 2020 – Bulgaria. The plan covers the promotion and support of entrepreneurship for under-represented and disadvantaged groups with a focus on women and youth” (18). “Operational Programme Innovation and Competitiveness (OPIC) 2014-2020. This programme provides support for enterprises in specific areas, e.g. creative and cultural industries, companies developing new products and services related to an ageing population, and healthcare. Support is intended for ideas implemented by social entrepreneurs and cooperatives of people with disabilities, women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs up to 29 years and aged over 50” (18).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Action Plan “Entrepreneurship” 2020 – Bulgaria. The plan covers the promotion and support of entrepreneurship for under-represented and disadvantaged groups with a focus on women and youth” (18). “Operational Programme Innovation and Competitiveness (OPIC) 2014-2020. This programme provides support for enterprises in specific areas, e.g. creative and cultural industries, companies developing new products and services related to an ageing population, and healthcare. Support is intended for ideas implemented by social entrepreneurs and cooperatives of people with disabilities, women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs up to 29 years and aged over 50” (18).
Feb. 22, 2023, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-LAW-1
“The Action Plan Entrepreneurship 2020 for Bulgaria is the national response to the Entrepreneurship Europe 2020 Action Plan, adopted in 2015. The third pillar of the action plan covers groups that are under-represented within the entrepreneurial population and especially within founders of start-ups: young people, women, people with a disability and migrants. Compared with the EU targets, the national plan puts a strategic emphasis on youth and women, while no targets have been introduced regarding the participation of minorities, migrants, the long-term unemployed, those with low educational attainments, people with disabilities, and seniors” (7).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-LAW-1
“The Action Plan Entrepreneurship 2020 for Bulgaria is the national response to the Entrepreneurship Europe 2020 Action Plan, adopted in 2015. The third pillar of the action plan covers groups that are under-represented within the entrepreneurial population and especially within founders of start-ups: young people, women, people with a disability and migrants. Compared with the EU targets, the national plan puts a strategic emphasis on youth and women, while no targets have been introduced regarding the participation of minorities, migrants, the long-term unemployed, those with low educational attainments, people with disabilities, and seniors” (7).
Feb. 22, 2023, 10:40 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU” (second paragraph). “We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT. Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU” (second paragraph). “We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT. Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering...more
Feb. 19, 2023, 1:18 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-3
“While the law provides women the same legal status and rights as men, women faced some discrimination in economic participation and political empowerment. The law provides for equal opportunities in all spheres of public, economic, and political life; equal access to public resources; equal treatment; exclusion of gender-based discrimination and violence; balanced representation of men and women in all decision-making bodies; and overcoming gender-based stereotypes” (p. 23). “Women faced discrimination in employment, in the workplace, and in access to pension benefits and retirement” (p. 23).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-3
“While the law provides women the same legal status and rights as men, women faced some discrimination in economic participation and political empowerment. The law provides for equal opportunities in all spheres of public, economic, and political life; equal access to public resources; equal treatment; exclusion of gender-based discrimination and violence; balanced representation of men and women in all decision-making bodies; and overcoming gender-based stereotypes” (p. 23). “Women faced discrimination in employment, in the workplace, and in access to pension benefits and retirement” (p. 23).
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, CL-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Women in South Korea are highly educated, yet far from equal in the workplace. The country has the highest gender pay gap of any rich country. Most of the housework and childcare in South Korea still falls to women and it is common for women to stop work after having children or for their careers to stagnate" (Para.14).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, CL-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Women in South Korea are highly educated, yet far from equal in the workplace. The country has the highest gender pay gap of any rich country. Most of the housework and childcare in South Korea still falls to women and it is common for women to stop work after having children or for their careers to stagnate" (Para.14).
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Traffickers capitalize on the vulnerabilities created by poverty, minimal education levels, unemployment, and a general lack of economic opportunities. They often lure their victims by promising employment and education opportunities. Within Malawi, sexually exploited girls and women may be made to work at local bars and rest houses where they are coerced to have sex with customers. Women and girls may also be trafficked by truck drivers along major truck routes who promise them jobs, marriage, and education but the end destination for them is not employment but a life of sexual abuse and exploitation. Such criminal activity generates high profits for perpetrators and comes with a low risk of...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Traffickers capitalize on the vulnerabilities created by poverty, minimal education levels, unemployment, and a general lack of economic opportunities. They often lure their victims by promising employment and education opportunities. Within Malawi, sexually exploited girls and women may be made to work at local bars and rest houses where they are coerced to have sex with customers. Women and girls may also be trafficked by truck drivers along major truck routes who promise them jobs, marriage, and education but the end destination for them is not employment but a life of sexual abuse and exploitation. Such criminal activity generates high profits for perpetrators and comes with a low risk of...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:46 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Reuters spoke to two female doctors and a teacher - the few formal jobs still available to women - who said that covering faces and wearing loose garments would interfere with their work" (Para.11).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Reuters spoke to two female doctors and a teacher - the few formal jobs still available to women - who said that covering faces and wearing loose garments would interfere with their work" (Para.11).
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:36 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Few places in Afghanistan are run by women. Public life and business are male-dominated and, since the Taliban’s takeover, even more women have vanished from view. While some say they are stuck in conservative societal structures that rarely let them take control, others fear draconian new rules, the travel and education bans" (Para.1). "But behind the walls of several female-run hospitals in Kabul, a different reality exists: here, women save lives on a daily basis, offer marriage advice, care for and adopt abandoned children. Many of the doctors and nurses working here have raised children and often remain their family’s sole financial supporters. And they all agree: things work better...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Few places in Afghanistan are run by women. Public life and business are male-dominated and, since the Taliban’s takeover, even more women have vanished from view. While some say they are stuck in conservative societal structures that rarely let them take control, others fear draconian new rules, the travel and education bans" (Para.1). "But behind the walls of several female-run hospitals in Kabul, a different reality exists: here, women save lives on a daily basis, offer marriage advice, care for and adopt abandoned children. Many of the doctors and nurses working here have raised children and often remain their family’s sole financial supporters. And they all agree: things work better...more
Feb. 6, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women] recommends that the State party...[t]ake targeted measures to promote women’s access to formal employment, including management positions and higher-paid jobs in traditionally male-dominated professions and decision-making positions in national and local administration, through professional training, incentives for the preferential recruitment of women, expansion of the number of places in and the quality of childcare services and preschool education in urban and rural areas, and measures to alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s employment" (11). "The Committee...notes with concern...the low percentage of women leading small agribusinesses and working on contracts in agriculture" (13-14).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women] recommends that the State party...[t]ake targeted measures to promote women’s access to formal employment, including management positions and higher-paid jobs in traditionally male-dominated professions and decision-making positions in national and local administration, through professional training, incentives for the preferential recruitment of women, expansion of the number of places in and the quality of childcare services and preschool education in urban and rural areas, and measures to alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s employment" (11). "The Committee...notes with concern...the low percentage of women leading small agribusinesses and working on contracts in agriculture" (13-14).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The state party through the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MGECW) provides technical support to women such as training on business management, equipment and material aid for business start-up, continuity and growth". (17). Table 5 titled 'Total Number of Income Generating Activities (IGA) beneficiaries from 2006−2018' shows the number of benefeciaries of said development projects based on gender with a total of 4,751 female beneficiaries in comparison to 2,571 male beneficiaries with numbers peaking between 2014-2015 with about 1,818 female beneficiaries and 965 male beneficiaries. (17). "The state party wish to inform the committee that there are no deliberate structural inequalities and occupational segregation practised in Namibia. Women...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The state party through the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MGECW) provides technical support to women such as training on business management, equipment and material aid for business start-up, continuity and growth". (17). Table 5 titled 'Total Number of Income Generating Activities (IGA) beneficiaries from 2006−2018' shows the number of benefeciaries of said development projects based on gender with a total of 4,751 female beneficiaries in comparison to 2,571 male beneficiaries with numbers peaking between 2014-2015 with about 1,818 female beneficiaries and 965 male beneficiaries. (17). "The state party wish to inform the committee that there are no deliberate structural inequalities and occupational segregation practised in Namibia. Women...more
Feb. 4, 2023, 8:40 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen continue to be excluded from labour and social security protection, including pension benefits" (10). "[There is a] lack of data on reported cases of and prosecutions for sexual harassment in the workplace" (10).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen continue to be excluded from labour and social security protection, including pension benefits" (10). "[There is a] lack of data on reported cases of and prosecutions for sexual harassment in the workplace" (10).
Feb. 3, 2023, 2:59 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Tens of thousands of grandparents could be missing out on a little-known pension perk that would boost their income in retirement. The high cost of childcare means increasing numbers of parents rely on relatives to look after their children so they can return to work. But many carers do not realise they are entitled to valuable pension credits that could be worth thousands of pounds to compensate for their time" (para 1-3). "Research by charity Age UK found that a fifth of grandparents over the age of 50 — or five million people — provide regular care for their grandchildren. Yet exclusive figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Tens of thousands of grandparents could be missing out on a little-known pension perk that would boost their income in retirement. The high cost of childcare means increasing numbers of parents rely on relatives to look after their children so they can return to work. But many carers do not realise they are entitled to valuable pension credits that could be worth thousands of pounds to compensate for their time" (para 1-3). "Research by charity Age UK found that a fifth of grandparents over the age of 50 — or five million people — provide regular care for their grandchildren. Yet exclusive figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2013 of the State party’s combined seventh and eighth periodic reports (CEDAW/C/AUT/7-8) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the following: (a) Adoption of the amendments to the Equal Treatment Act, the Act on the Equal Treatment Commission and on the Ombud for Equal Treatment, in 2013; (b) Repeal of restrictions for female workers in the Regulation Governing Employment Bans and Restrictions for Female Workers, in 2015...(f) Adoption of the Law on Equality of Women and Men in Supervisory Boards of Companies, in 2017. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2013 of the State party’s combined seventh and eighth periodic reports (CEDAW/C/AUT/7-8) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the following: (a) Adoption of the amendments to the Equal Treatment Act, the Act on the Equal Treatment Commission and on the Ombud for Equal Treatment, in 2013; (b) Repeal of restrictions for female workers in the Regulation Governing Employment Bans and Restrictions for Female Workers, in 2015...(f) Adoption of the Law on Equality of Women and Men in Supervisory Boards of Companies, in 2017. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating...more
Jan. 18, 2023, 11:12 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Three Afghan women working for the UN were recently detained briefly and questioned by Taliban gunmen. The UN called for an immediate end to all such acts of 'intimidation and harassment targeting its Afghan female staff'." (para 2-3).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Three Afghan women working for the UN were recently detained briefly and questioned by Taliban gunmen. The UN called for an immediate end to all such acts of 'intimidation and harassment targeting its Afghan female staff'." (para 2-3).
Jan. 13, 2023, 7:19 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban have asked women working at Afghanistan’s finance ministry to send a male relative to do their job a year after female public-sector workers were barred from government work and told to stay at home. Women who worked in government positions were sent home from their jobs shortly after the Taliban took power in August 2021, and have been paid heavily reduced salaries to do nothing" (para 1-2). "It is not clear if women from other state departments have also been asked to send male relatives to do their job. However, Maryam said she was aware of at least 60 female colleagues from the finance department who had received...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban have asked women working at Afghanistan’s finance ministry to send a male relative to do their job a year after female public-sector workers were barred from government work and told to stay at home. Women who worked in government positions were sent home from their jobs shortly after the Taliban took power in August 2021, and have been paid heavily reduced salaries to do nothing" (para 1-2). "It is not clear if women from other state departments have also been asked to send male relatives to do their job. However, Maryam said she was aware of at least 60 female colleagues from the finance department who had received...more
Jan. 13, 2023, 4:13 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The gender pay gap for secondary school leaders grew by more than a third in the last year, a new analysis shows. School Workforce data from the Department of Education shows the average difference between male and female earnings stood at £3,698 in the 2021/22 academic year. In 2020/21, male secondary headteachers earnt £2,702 more on average a year than females...The average gender pay gap for headteachers aged 60 and over has also increased. In the last academic year, men earned an average £18,296 more than women – a 5 per cent rise from £17,334 last year. Vivienne Porritt, global strategic leader for WomenEd, said the increasing gap signaled to...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The gender pay gap for secondary school leaders grew by more than a third in the last year, a new analysis shows. School Workforce data from the Department of Education shows the average difference between male and female earnings stood at £3,698 in the 2021/22 academic year. In 2020/21, male secondary headteachers earnt £2,702 more on average a year than females...The average gender pay gap for headteachers aged 60 and over has also increased. In the last academic year, men earned an average £18,296 more than women – a 5 per cent rise from £17,334 last year. Vivienne Porritt, global strategic leader for WomenEd, said the increasing gap signaled to...more
Jan. 13, 2023, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In the year since taking power, the Taliban have systematically adopted a number of restrictive measures undermining women’s fundamental human rights, including their mobility, access to education and employment, and freedom of speech and expression. The Taliban’s focus on controlling women’s lives, has in fact, been characterized as 'one of the most notable aspects of the de facto administration to date.'" (para 1). "While a slim majority of respondents to the survey reported “improved security” overall, universally, women clarified that security can only be considered as improved when viewing security extremely narrowly. Focus group participants repeatedly emphasized that to them, security is much more than the absence of the obvious...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In the year since taking power, the Taliban have systematically adopted a number of restrictive measures undermining women’s fundamental human rights, including their mobility, access to education and employment, and freedom of speech and expression. The Taliban’s focus on controlling women’s lives, has in fact, been characterized as 'one of the most notable aspects of the de facto administration to date.'" (para 1). "While a slim majority of respondents to the survey reported “improved security” overall, universally, women clarified that security can only be considered as improved when viewing security extremely narrowly. Focus group participants repeatedly emphasized that to them, security is much more than the absence of the obvious...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Mozambique
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"...[T]he Tambara Women's Association (ASMTA) in Manica province, an organization backed by the Spotlight Initiative. These associations and women's groups create support networks where women can learn and grow together economically, and create trusting relationships and safe spaces to address issues related to gender-based violence and women's rights. In Mozambique, over the past year, the Spotlight Initiative supported more than 9,000 women in this way" (para 6). "With more money coming in, Ms. Gala was able to buy a cell phone, enabling her to communicate with clients and social contacts, and join the national mobile financial system" (para 9) (NF- CODER COMMENT - The lack of means of communication or...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"...[T]he Tambara Women's Association (ASMTA) in Manica province, an organization backed by the Spotlight Initiative. These associations and women's groups create support networks where women can learn and grow together economically, and create trusting relationships and safe spaces to address issues related to gender-based violence and women's rights. In Mozambique, over the past year, the Spotlight Initiative supported more than 9,000 women in this way" (para 6). "With more money coming in, Ms. Gala was able to buy a cell phone, enabling her to communicate with clients and social contacts, and join the national mobile financial system" (para 9) (NF- CODER COMMENT - The lack of means of communication or...more
Jan. 7, 2023, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Taliban ordered most female civil servants to stay away from work and then advised women not to leave home except in cases of necessity" (para 14). "The regulations make it harder or more frightening for women to find jobs, or commute to work" (para 26).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Taliban ordered most female civil servants to stay away from work and then advised women not to leave home except in cases of necessity" (para 14). "The regulations make it harder or more frightening for women to find jobs, or commute to work" (para 26).
Jan. 6, 2023, 10:37 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"A report by the Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management published in 2020 described the inhumane conditions in which the women [who work as cane-cutters in the state of Maharashtra] work: '72% of women said that they work between 13 to 18 hours per day (on average 15 hours) during cane cutting. 98% of women said that work hours are not fixed, and they will have to start at the crack of the dawn or continue until midnight when required. They don’t get weekly offs and continue to work. The burden of work on women without break for 3 to 4 months. Women hardly take time off during illness, menstruation,...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"A report by the Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management published in 2020 described the inhumane conditions in which the women [who work as cane-cutters in the state of Maharashtra] work: '72% of women said that they work between 13 to 18 hours per day (on average 15 hours) during cane cutting. 98% of women said that work hours are not fixed, and they will have to start at the crack of the dawn or continue until midnight when required. They don’t get weekly offs and continue to work. The burden of work on women without break for 3 to 4 months. Women hardly take time off during illness, menstruation,...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 7:19 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"For the first time in Colombia’s history, a Black woman is close to the top of the executive branch. Francia Márquez, an environmental activist from the mountainous department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia, has become a national phenomenon, mobilizing decades of voter frustration, and becoming the country’s first Black vice president on Sunday, as the running mate to Gustavo Petro" (para 1-2). "The rise of Ms. Márquez is significant not only because she is Black in a nation where Afro-Colombians are regularly subject to racism and must contend with structural barriers, but because she comes from poverty in a country where economic class so often defines a person’s place in...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"For the first time in Colombia’s history, a Black woman is close to the top of the executive branch. Francia Márquez, an environmental activist from the mountainous department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia, has become a national phenomenon, mobilizing decades of voter frustration, and becoming the country’s first Black vice president on Sunday, as the running mate to Gustavo Petro" (para 1-2). "The rise of Ms. Márquez is significant not only because she is Black in a nation where Afro-Colombians are regularly subject to racism and must contend with structural barriers, but because she comes from poverty in a country where economic class so often defines a person’s place in...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:33 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Thousands of older women are struggling with the cost of living because of a pensions 'injustice' dating back years that has never been put right, according to campaigners. They say large numbers of women born in the 1950s are having to go without, or can only afford basics, often because they have used up their savings and do not have the financial cushion to cope with soaring living costs" (para 1-2). "For decades the SPA for women was 60. An increase to 65, phased in between 2010 and 2020, was included in the Pensions Act 1995, but in 2011 the coalition government pushed through a speeding-up of the process. As...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Thousands of older women are struggling with the cost of living because of a pensions 'injustice' dating back years that has never been put right, according to campaigners. They say large numbers of women born in the 1950s are having to go without, or can only afford basics, often because they have used up their savings and do not have the financial cushion to cope with soaring living costs" (para 1-2). "For decades the SPA for women was 60. An increase to 65, phased in between 2010 and 2020, was included in the Pensions Act 1995, but in 2011 the coalition government pushed through a speeding-up of the process. As...more