Men in Ukraine still earn more than women - their salaries are almost 19% higher. While the wage gap has narrowed by 7.4% over the past seven years. This was announced by the Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko during the presentation of the National Strategy for Overcoming the Gender Pay Gap for the period up to 2030.
" This figure is higher than in many EU countries. And our goal is to change the situation,” said the head of the Ministry of Economy.
The National Strategy for Closing the Gender Pay Gap provides for the following steps:.
overcoming stereotypes and gender discrimination through information campaigns;
improvement of legislation on equal pay;
creation of conditions for convenient combination of family and professional duties.
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Recall that Ukraine committed itself to reducing the gender pay gap when it joined the international " At that time, the wage gap between men and women averaged 20.4%.