1 / 15

Gender Pay Gap Challenges Facing Egyptian Women in Economic Participation

Explore the reasons for wage disparities and forms of discrimination hindering Egyptian women's economic involvement. Uncover the societal factors impacting women's labor force participation and high unemployment rates compared to men, shedding light on discriminatory practices in various sectors. Investigate issues like inappropriate working conditions, undervaluing of women's work, and societal perceptions affecting women's career advancement. Learn about the underrepresentation of women in higher job levels and the lack of skills contributing to wage gaps. Discover the obstacles faced by Egyptian women in accessing equal opportunities and fair treatment in the labor market.

serranod
Download Presentation

Gender Pay Gap Challenges Facing Egyptian Women in Economic Participation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. CAPMAS

  2. Gender pay gap In Egypt Prepared by Wafaa Maged Ahmed

  3. What are the challenges negatively affect the ability • of Egyptian women to participation in economic life? • What are the reasons for the gap in wages? • What forms of discrimination in the private, public • and Government sector? 3

  4. Rate of women's participation in the labor force is less than • the Participate of men. • High unemployment rate among females compared to males • Gender discrimination in the Egyptian labor market. Challenges negatively affect the ability of Egyptian women to participation in economic life 4

  5. unemployment rates & rate of participation in the labor force 5 Source: CAPMAS, Labor Force Survey, 2010

  6. Inappropriate working conditions for women in the labor market. • The undervaluing of women’s work. • Unequal balance of work and private life. Challenges negatively affect the ability of Egyptian women to participation in economic life 6

  7. Society's perception toward women’s work. • Discrimination in wages between men and women. Challenges negatively affect the ability of Egyptian women to participation in economic life 7

  8. Gender discrimination in the Egyptian labor market. • Expectations of low-level performance for women. • Expectations of women for lower wages than men. Reasons for the gap in wages 8

  9. Lack of skills for women. • There are multiple channels of discrimination, particularly • in the private sector in terms of wages, bonuses and incentives. • The employer, particularly in private sector may prefer • the appointment of men in higher degrees of functionality. Reasons for the gap in wages 9

  10. Forms of discrimination in the private, public and Government sector 10

  11. Discrimination in the Public and government sector Concentration of females in the lowest sequence career Women Less likely than men to get the means of production such as Education, skills…ect 11

  12. Discrimination in private sector The private sector Women themselves Extent working time 12

  13. T he private sector women's employment in informal sector Reluctant to hire women because This implies depriving women from The cost of maternity and motherhood Health insurance Social protection Egyptian labor laws Join trade unions 13

  14. Thank you for your attention 17

  15. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics CAPMAS www.capmas.go.eg 18

More Related