South Africa’s gender pay gap leaves women behind
Just 3% of chief executives of JSE-listed companies are female
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In South Africa, only 5% of chief executives are women
Only 5% of chief executives are women and the gender pay gap is most pronounced in the top JSE-listed companies, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report released on Thursday. The report, which tracked executive director remuneration trends in 285 companies, found that there were only 81 women executives among the 725 people whose pay was […]
Covid causes gender gap to increase by a generation
The World Economic Forum reports it would take more than 135 years to reach global gender parity. South Africa ranks 18th, a downward curve in gender equality.
Covid steals jobs, equality from women
PwC’s Women in Work Index says governments and businesses must tackle causes of inequality
The pandemic’s effect is gendered
Although two thirds of job losses were experienced by women, two thirds of the recipients of the R350 Covid-19 grant were men
White men still rule and earn more
Women and black people occupy only a few seats at the JSE table, the latest PwC report has found
Covid-19 a ‘catalyst for closing the pay gap’
Executive directors earn 66 times the national minimum wage and are overwhelmingly white, a report by assurance, advisory and tax services company PwC has found
We must continue to empower women entrepreneurs to grow Africa
If we increase the number of high-growth, women-founded startups, they can bridge the inclusivity gaps in their respective economies and societies
Why the gender pay gap persists
Social norms and the economic value we attach to work are among the reasons the disparity still exists
African governments leave women out of digital revolution
Despite governments having collected over $400-million to provide universal connectivity, women remain unconnected from the internet.
Making the Business Case for Gender Equality
Gender parity is both an economic and a moral imperative
BBC China editor quits in equal pay protest
Carrie Gracie said she resigned last week over a "crisis of trust" which has engulfed the BBC.
