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Re-IWD commemoration: European women paid less than their male peers, 66% of Afghani women still uneducated!
8-3-2018
On the eve of International Women’s Day, Eurostat revealed that EU women earned 16% less than their male peers lin 2016. Earlier, 15 out of the 28 European Commission states have published a joint declaration reiterating gender equality as one of the key pillars of the EU, and that the latter seeks to set an example in the field. The statement pointed out that in February 2018, women held 36% of top positions in the Commission, that is by 11% increase from 2014, noting that Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker wanted to see women occupy 40% of leading posts by the end of his mandate in October 2019. On the other hand, Agence France Presse reported that there are only 20 women in Afghanistan’s Powerlifting National Team compared with 100 men, but that there are ready to rock and roll mountains in a society that stigmatizes sports for women. AFP cited ‘Afghanistan in 2017’ survey which showed that more than two thirds of men believe women should not work outside their home, while nearly 66% of Afghan females remain uneducated. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, March 8, 2018)
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