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WOMEN AT WORK:
THE FACTS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

26.0%

Women are less likely to be in employment than men.
Globally, the gender gap in employment-to-population ratios was still 26 percentage points in 2018
ILO, A quantum leap for gender equality, 2019

20%

Women are still being paid less than men.
Throughout the world, women’s average monthly pay is around 20% less than men. As yet, no country has achieved gender parity.
Global Wage Report, 2018-2019

27.1%

Women are less represented in managerial positions.
According to an ILO global survey, nearly half of enterprises reported that women hold fewer than 30% of entry-level management positions. Thus, fewer than 30% of senior managers and top executives are women.
ILO, A quantum leap for equality, 2019

$24 billion

Research has demonstrated that workplace stress may account for more than 120,000 deaths annually and places a burden of some $125 billion to $190 billion a year in national healthcare spending, which $24 billion are related to work-family conflicts.
Harvard Business School, Business Research for Business Leaders 2015

+2½ hours

In G20 countries, women spend on average 2 ½ hours more than men on unpaid work.
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. Statement at the meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers, Japan, 2019

41%

Due to unpaid care responsibilities, 41% of (talented) currently inactive women are outside the labour market.
OECD Gender Institutions and Development Database GID-DB, 2019

35%

According to WHO statistics, 35% of women – 818 million women globally – over the age of 15 have experienced sexual or physical violence at home, in their communities or in the workplace.
ITUC

US$2.5 trillion

If G7 countries fail to adapt to meet the skill needs of the new technological era, they risk forgoing almost US$2.5 trillion in GDP growth by 2030.
Accenture, 2018

24.5%

The gender pay gap in Japan. According to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report 2018, Japan ranked 110th out 149 countries, with low ratings in economic participation and political empowerment for women.
OECD, 2017

29%

In the USA, only 29% of companies provide paternity leave. 1 out of 20 fathers take it.
Harvard Business Review, 2019

1 out of 5

In Canada, one in five women had been harassed at work at some point of their professional life.
Statistics Canada, 2019

3.4%

In Germany, this is the percentage of Chief Executive Officers who were women in the largest publicly listed companies in 2018.
European Institute for Gender Equality, 2019

31%

This is women’s share of the information and communication sector in France. Women are less likely to be employed in the technology sector and when they are they usually get paid less. In France, when women get a digital job they face a median gender pay gap of 16%.
ILOSTAT, 2019

25.5%

In Italy, only a fourth of managers with children less than six years of age are women. Women face a motherhood penalty related to employment, wages and leadership opportunities that can persist throughout their working life.
ILO, A quantum leap for gender equality, 2019