Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Gender Pay Gap: Argentina

Hi there! I'm back again. Today, I'll tell you about the difference between men and women salaries in Argentina. Hope you like it!





At the beginning of the legislative year, Mauricio Macri gave a speech where he said equal gender pay was a priority. Gender discrimination is a current topic, as well as poverty, in Argentinian society.

Lately, the hottest topic has been the cases where gender discrimination is connected to poverty, wish is by over 35%. This unfair situation is more frequent than many people think.


The area where the gender pay gap is bigger is the mining industry (29,6%), followed by the electric sector (25,6%) the trade sector (23,6%), social services (20,3%), transporting industry (19,9%) and financial sector (13,4%). Nevertheless, agriculture is only over 4%.


In the current context, it seems weird that women are better paid on the building sector. However, this has an easy explanation: males work as labourers, while females have administrative positions.


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