Gender eqUality in

workplace, Myth OR
Reality?
 What is Gender Pay
gap?
The gender pay gap, also known as the gender wage gap, is
the average difference in pay between men and women who
work.
Women are generally paid less than men.
The pay gap varies by occupation, working hours,
educational attainment, years of experience, and location.
 ConseqUences of gender
pay gap
Women of colour suffer from
the gender and race wage
gaps.
Women choose to work in
low paid job.
Women are working for free
10 weeks a year
Social factor pressurises women
to work in those wage rates.
 Wage gap Vs Pay
eqUity
Wage gap and pay equity
are frequently used Pay Equity is defined
interchangeably but they are as equal pay for work
not the same thing. of equal value.
They both relate to the Pay equity is part of
same concern, that is the
the solution to the
gap in earnings between
wage gap.
men and women.
 Median Pay
Gap
The median is the number in
the middle of a list arranged
from lowest to highest.

Some jobs became less profitable

for everyone when women
began performing them

Top 10 occupat ions wit h t he

m ost men, the median hourly
pay is
$17.64. For the top 10
occupations with most women,
 Gender gap in
India
Women earned less: Indian women
earned, on an average, 48% less
compared to their male counterparts
in 1993-94.
National Sample Survey Office
(NSSO): The gap declined to 28%
in 2018-19.
Periodic Labour Force Survey
(PLFS)
2020-21: The pandemic reversed
the progress and showed an
increase in t he gap by 7% bet ween
2018-19 and 2020-21.
CONCLUSION
Women are more likely to enter and quit
the labour force as a result of family
responsibilities.

Management and high-income occupations

are dominated by men.

Gender pay gap is the hourly income

discrepancy between men and women.

It's derived by applying numerous

characteristics to the total number of male
and female employees. Women are paid less.
T h a n k you!

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