Fair Pay Around the World

Getting equal slices of the cake

In Sweden, as in so many Scandinavian countries, everything seems to work much better than elsewhere. But what are things really like in…
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Under the presidency of Ursula von der Leyen, one issue is at the top of the European Commission’s agenda: equal pay. This translates…
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There are only a small number of Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, the small island nation in the south-west Pacific and home to…
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“What do you earn?” In the USA, this is not a taboo question, but quite appropriate for small talk. But does dealing with…
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Finland’s head of government is a woman, the five parties in government are led by women, and out of 18 ministers, 11 are…
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“Because it’s 2015!” When the Canadian Prime Minister took office four years ago, he established gender parity in appointing his cabinet as if…
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It’s no wonder that in summer 2019, the otherwise famously reserved women of Switzerland called the biggest women’s strike in history: in 2018,…
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The Equality Act requires companies with over 250 staff to publish their gender pay gaps. Ever since its enactment in 2017, there has…
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Against a stunning backdrop of volcanoes and glaciers, where elves and trolls are said to wander, Iceland has made extraordinary headway in its…
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Norway, known for its stunning wilderness, has managed to reduce its gender pay gap to 14.3%, two percentage points lower than the EU…
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