At the going rate (read: a snail's pace), it will take another 118 years (until 2133) to close the economic gap between men and women, according to a report released by the World Economic Forum.
That's why this year's International Women's Day focus is #PledgeForParity, asking people across the world to be champions of gender parity.
In a series of starling statistics compiled for The Huffington Post UK by Oxfam, here is a snapshot into the reality of the global gender pay gap as it stands today.
- Fewer than 4% of CEOs leading the worlds 500 major corporations were women in 2014, and women’s representation amongst corporate managers, legislators and senior officials ranges between 21% in Africa and 37% in Latin America and the Caribbean -
- UN Stats 2015
- As many as 600 million women, 53% of the world’s working women, work in jobs that are insecure and typically not protected by labour laws - UN Women, 2012
- Women make up just 55 of the 500 richest people in the world. Or just nine of the 62 people who own the same wealth as half the world's population - Forbes, 2015
- Women earn less than men across all sectors and occupations, with women working full-time earning between 70% and 90% of what men earn, in most countries - UN Women, 2015
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