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

Since 1997, the purpose of the Pay Equity Act is to redress differences in compensation due to systemic gender discrimination.

There was no evidence that the gender pay gap in Ireland was caused by discriminatory pay practices, a recent study having identified child rearing as the main reason women refrained from working.

Discrimination in the work place is illegal in many countries, but some see the wage gap between genders and other groups as a persistent problem.

Persistent challenges include untrained staff, low salaries, lack of basic equipment, training and reference materials, gender inequity and lack of harmonization among secular, customary and Islamic laws.

European Union At EU level, the gender pay gap is defined as the relative difference in the average gross hourly earnings of women and men within the economy as a whole.

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 wage gap within organizations that have implemented pay equity under the policy framework has been reduced for those organizations.

Gender equality in legal acts

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

Gender equality

Equality of the sexes

They continue to be paid less than men for the same jobs, even in OECD countries, where the average gender wage gap is about 16 .

Ian Watson of Macquarie University examined the gender pay gap among full time managers in Australia over the period 2001 2008, and found that between 65 and 90 of this earnings differential could not be explained by a large range of demographic and labor market variables.

Using their own specifications, Weichselbaumer and Winter Ebmer found that the yearly overall decline of the gender pay gap would amount to a slow 0.17 log points, implying a slow level of convergence between the wages of men and women.

D. Gender balance

Gender equality

Gender Equality Act

Gender Equality Council

Gender equality

R. Gender

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

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

The gender equality objective in education is underpinned by commitment to the 1997 document entitled Gender Equity A Framework for Australian Schools .

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The Gender Equality Commissioner has the duty to monitor the compliance with the norms established in the Act.

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Gender Equality as a Development Goal

Gender equality and empowerment of women

(a) Gender equality factors

Women's position and gender equality

i. Gender Equity Policy

European policies for gender equality

The Gender Equality Commissioner

Promoting gender equality

Gender Balance Among WFP Staff

The Law on Gender equality in BiH envisages the setting forth of the Agency for Gender Equality at the state BiH level with the following tasks

The Law on Gender Equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina provides for formation of an Agency for Gender Equality, within the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees.

We encourage the measures, albeit still limited, that have been taken in promoting gender equality, including the filling of obvious gender gaps and the revisiting of legal issues, together with the development of an action plan for gender equality.

B. Gender balance in the United Nations system

Gender violence is also a serious issue in Mexico.

Gender Equality Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs

There is no gender discrimination in these arrangements.

The Office participated in and contributed to the activities of the Task Force on Gender and the Millennium Development Goals established by the Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality.

Two new institutions will be created according to the Act Gender Equality Commissioner and Gender Equality Council.