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The Center for American Women and Politics reports that, as of 2013, 18.3% of congressional seats are held by women and 23% of statewide elective offices are held by women; while the percentage of Congress made up of women has steadily increased, statewide elective positions held by women have decreased from their peak of 27.6% in 2001. Women ...
White women earned 80 percent as much as their white male counterparts, and Asian women have almost reached pay parity with white, non-Hispanic men, earning 99 percent as much as them in 2022.
They were now part of a truly global community.” [95] However, gender inequality is still ongoing today. Some examples include women working longer hours than men, women suffering from education inequality throughout the world, being unable to express themselves freely, and being underpaid for performing the same as men. [96]
Seclusion of women within the home was a common practice among the upper classes of many societies, and this still remains the case today in some societies. Before the 20th century it was also common in parts of Southern Europe, such as much of Spain. [120] Women's freedom of movement continues to be legally restricted in some parts of the world.
Countries by Gender Inequality Index (Data from 2019, published in 2020). Red denotes more gender inequality, and green more equality. [1]The Gender Inequality Index (GII) is an index for the measurement of gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report 20th anniversary edition by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Women's weekly earnings as a percentage of men's in the U.S. by age, 1979–2005 [14] In the United States, women's pay has increased relative to men since the 1960s. According to US census data, women's median earnings in 1963 were 56% of men's. [15] In 2016, women's median earnings had increased to 79% of men's. [15]
Despite the fact that women have graduated from law schools in equal numbers for over twenty years, only 16–19% of law firm partners are women. [20] [21] On August 26, 2016 USA Today cited a Forbes report that the Hollywood gender pay gap is wider than that for average working women and that it is worse for stars who are older women. [22]
The team found that each 0.2 increase in the HDI saw an increase in height of approximately 1.68 centimeters (0.66 inches) for women and 4.03 centimeters (1.59 inches) for men, as well as an ...