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Peru: Women Earn 70.5% of What Their Male Counterparts Earn

At the end of 2016, the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) released some uplifting information. Average incomes in the Lima region has increased for both women and men, by 6.6% and 3.8% respectively. Not quite. According to INEI, females in Lima, Peru are still earning just 70.5% of what their male counterparts earn. This means that while men are earning an average monthly income of S/ 1,881.10, women take home just S/1,345.10, a difference of S/ 536.10. Certainly not a localized problem, difference in salaries has for some time been an issue of racism and sexism worldwide. Ageism in the workplace has also been on the rise. According to INEI’s statistics, those 45 years and older saw no change in salaries, however those in the age group 25-44 years saw the biggest leap, with a 5.4% increase in pay. Again, these numbers pertain to Lima. Industries with the…

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Gambia: Women beg for National Peace

The Senegal-Gambia-Guinea Bissau Women’s Forum in collaboration with the Gender Action Team (GAT) recently organize a ‘Peace Tent’ to drive home their concern as regards current security threats in Gambia at the Paradise Suites Hotel. These women are concerned about the increasing threats of insecurity and instability in The Gambia due to the current political impasse subsequent to the 1st December, 2016 Presidential elections. The ‘Peace Tent’ had in attendance members of the GAT, the delegation of representatives from the Women’s Platform in Senegal and Guinea Bissau, religious and venerable leaders, members of the diplomatic and consular corps, representatives from civil society organizations and other professional bodies and members of the general public. With the main purpose of the event to call on the relevant authorities in the persons of the Outgoing President Yaya Jammeh and Incoming President Adama Barrow to ensure that peace and stability continues to prevail in…

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UN Women, Partners Seek to Produce Comprehensive Gender Data

With only 41 per cent of countries regularly producing data on violence against women and only 13 per cent of countries having a dedicated gender statistics budget, the first-ever United Nations World Data Forum recently explored ways to close these data gaps. According to the Director of Policy Division at the UN Purna Sen,”Gender statistics are critical for setting priorities, planning interventions and assessing their impacts. They can put a spotlight on inequality and women and girls who are left behind.” The panel, titled ‘Gender Data for Decision-making: Strengthening the Links,’ was among the nearly 100 sessions and parallel events scheduled throughout the 15-18 January gathering in Cape Town, South African, of more than 1,400 data experts around the world. Ms. Sen said that when the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted in September 2015, UN Women, formally known as the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment…

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Taiwan National Women’s League to Reveal Finances

Taiwan’s National Women’s League recently agreed to provide its financial reports to the Ministry of the Interior following recent speculations about their financial sources. This will be the first time the league will publicize its assets. Following a meeting between league officials and Civil Affairs Department Director Lin Ching-chi at the league’s headquarters in Taipei, the ministry announced that the league had agreed to provide an annual budget and detailed reports on its income and property by Monday. “They said that even though they are willing to provide the information, they will still need a few days to get things in order, because it is a different format to what they have given the National Taxation Bureau,” Civil Affairs Department Deputy Director Luo Rui-ching said, adding that the ministry would publish the league’s submission. The procedure is basically the same as that for political parties under the Civil Associations…

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WiSER Calls on Women to be Drivers of Innovation

Leaders from government, business and academia recently convened in Abu Dhabi for the annual Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy, WiSER, conference under the theme ‘Practical steps towards sustainable innovation.’ The event was organised by Masdar in partnership with the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The conference, a key event at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, sought to discuss the collaborative role that governments and businesses can play in fostering sustainable innovation, and the critical importance of including women in this dialogue. Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, WiSER Programme Director, Executive Director of Sustainability and Brand at Masdar, and Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, said: “At WiSER, we seek to ensure that women are the drivers of change for a sustainable future, enabling them to positively impact innovation and breakthroughs in policy, technology and business. Today’s event helps us understand the way forward to achieving this goal.” “With greater mentoring and…

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Kativa Shukla: Tackling food spoilage with FreshPaper innovation

We live in a world that is constantly dealing with the global problem of food spoilage. Over 800 million people on the planet go hungry due to shortage of food supply. Kativa Shukla is the CEO of Fenugreen and inventor of FreshPaper, a simple remedy to food spoilage. Research shows that farmers around the world are harvesting enough food to feed the planet but over 25% of the food harvested is lost to food spoilage, contributing to the shortage of global food supply. Over a billion people around the world still live without refrigeration, further contributing to the global problem of food spoilage. Kativa Shukla started her experiment after a visit to her grandmother in India; having been warned by her mum to avoid drinking tap water on her visit, her grandmother helped her stave off stomach upset on the visit with some homemade herbal mixtures which included fenugreek.…

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