The empowerment and advancement of women in society will depend on the closing of the gender gap in wages and employment.

Employment of women in the garment industry was reversing this trend to some extent, but the gender gap in education and training indicates that the gap in remuneration is likely to continue.

The gender gap in schooling remains a concern.

3.3.2 Study examine reasons for existing gender gap.

But, since 1996, the political gender gap has been halved.

So, business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap.

So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap.

The Republic of Korea, for example, designated a Gender employment equality emphasis week to raise corporate awareness of gender equality in employment.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 ranked Sweden as the number one country in terms of gender equality.

For gender specific data on employment, see Annex II.

Employed in Fishery, per gender and conditions of employment, 2001

Employees per gender and conditions of employment in Fishery, 2003

Average hourly wagea by employment type and gender (in euros)

The gap is bridged by a mixture of deficit spending and high taxation on employment.

Not a single Democrat has won the White House without a substantial gender gap.

Women's average hourly wagea as a percentage of men's average hourly wage Gender Pay Gap

Employees in Fishery per gender and conditions of employment, years 2001 2003

Similarly, viewing employment from a gender perspective would focus on employment patterns of individuals over the course of their lives.

The Committee notes with concern that, despite law reform in the field of employment, women remain disadvantaged in the labour market which is characterized by strong occupational segregation, and the persistence of a gender wage gap.

A wide range of gender sensitive legislation, policies and programmes has facilitated women's participation in both wage employment and self employment.

The Government also derived gender disaggregated data on poverty from its employment surveys.

ILO is aiming to address the gap between policy and practice through training for gender focal points.

(m) Increasing the amount of research and data collection on gender factors in employment.

Efforts to narrow the gap between rural and urban development and proposals concerning self employment were also frequently cited.

Indicators for education, health, employment etc. however show a steady if gradual decrease in the gap between the sexes.

In the 1980 election, a different gender gap emerged, with women more likely than men to support Democrats.

Between 1990 and 2009, the gender pay gap remained within a narrow range of between 15 and 17 .

Improving water and sanitation facilities in schools could help in reducing the current gender gap in school enrolment.

Moreover, in the context of the above programme, the Research Centre for Gender Equality, in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection, the General Secretariat for Gender Equality and the Employment Inspectorate, has organized seminars for employment inspectors in Athens and Thessaloniki, concerning

Direct and indirect discrimination based on gender is also prohibited by the Employment Contracts Act.

Moreover, there is still a wide gap between urban and rural areas in the availability of basic services and employment opportunities.

(a) Examining the gender related employment effects of policies such as export promotion or technological change

7 Filling the data gap Gender sensitive statistics for agricultural development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999.

This will have positive consequences for narrowing the gender gap as far as illiteracy is concerned (Statistical Compendium of 2004).

Trends emerging from an analysis of recent gender statistics suggest a growing feminization in employment and entrepreneurship.

Gender bias is embedded in employment, training and promotion rules and procedures, administrative regulations, and performance evaluation.

(e) Disseminate and replicate innovations in gender mainstreaming approaches, such as gender responsive budget processes and mandatory gender analysis in planning and review processes, in particular in the areas of health, education and employment

Eliminating or reducing this trade gap without depressing economic activity and employment in Greece requires that the country export more and import less.

The National Action Plan for Employment constitutes the main tool for planning and implementing employment policies. One of the guidelines of the National Action Plan is gender equality.

United Nations entities were already supporting Governments in employment issues and stressing the importance of mainstreaming employment issues and integrating gender perspectives in all aspects of national strategies.

Although there is still a gender literacy rate differential, the gap is less wide in those two countries than the Asian average.

Gender statistics and sex disaggregated data should be routinely collected for all sectors and all levels of employment.

Millennium Development Goal 3 on reducing gender disparity in education included the employment of women among its indicators.

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271. The representative said that the Government was reducing the gender gap and putting women in the mainstream of the economy namely, allowing them access to employment in all sectors of the economy, both traditional and non traditional, which was the major strategy for increasing their contribution.