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Jordan promotes gender pay equality
3-10-2018
The Jordanian minister for planning and cooperation, Marie Kaawar, stressed her country’s commitment to reduce the gender pay gap through electronic payroll services in sectors where women are concentrated, like education and health. Kaawar was speaking at the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) event in New York. Recalling, that during this year the National Steering Committee for Pay Equity (NSCPE), founded in 2010, was recognized globally. As an umbrella of 17 institutions, NSCPE seeks to develop effective policies and practices that promote the principle of equal pay for work of equal value and reduce gender pay gap. Its main objective is to contribute to the Kingdom’s goal to increase women’s participation in the labor market as well as, socio-economic development gains generated by working females. The Committee also noted that the wage gap between the sexes in Jordan stands at 13.6% in the public sector and 14.2% in the private sector, and is visible in sectors occupied largely by women, like the health sector for example, where the gap reaches 31.8%, followed by education (30.2%). NSCPE said in conclusion that said gaps show that females are particularly concentrated in low-paying jobs and are paid less for the same work compared to males. (Al Hayat, September 30, 2018)
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