November 28, 2011

Women Work More Than Men But Are Paid Less

The informal slogan of the Decade of Women became “Women do two-thirds of the world’s work, receive 10 percent of the world’s income and own 1 percent of the means of production.”

One of the main women's rights is the right to equality at work. Many women have the same work as men and end up receiving less money, others sometimes are not accepted in certain jobs because they can get pregnant and cause costs to companies.

According to Inter Press Service, “On a global scale, women cultivate more than half of all the food that is grown. In sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, they produce up to 80 percent of basic foodstuffs. In Asia, they account for around 50 percent of food production. In Latin America, they are mainly engaged in subsistence farming, horticulture, poultry and raising small livestock.”
Yet women often get little recognition for that. In fact, many go unpaid. It is very difficult for these women to get the financial resources required to buy equipment etc, as many societies still do not accept, or realize, that there is a change in the “traditional” roles.

1 comment:

  1. Tiago, U have to identify the source of the quoted text!!!

    Moreover, this seems to me as a selection of information coming from the same site: none of this is some writing of your own, is it?

    So please:
    a)identify the source
    b) make a comment of your own, so I can evaluate YOUR writing skills, OK?

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