Meanwhile, in the areas of economic participation and education, progress in bridging gender gaps stands at 58% and 95% respectively. The ECA Chief applauded the Global Health 50/50 Report as an advocacy initiative that advances action and accountability for gender equality in global health. It reviews the gender-related policies and practices of about 200 organizations that are either active in global health or seek to influence it. The report reveals that gender equality in the workplace is still far from being achieved, especially regarding gender leadership gap, gender policy gap and the gender pay gap in global health. She noted that the report’s findings, especially on pay gap, are a clarion call to Sub-Saharan Africa where gender pay gap is 6% higher than the global average.

Source: Ethiopian News March 07, 2019 14:37 UTC