Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday 14 March 2011

EQUAL WORK: UNEQUAL PAY


Times of India [ 14 March, 2011 ] cites Global Gender Gap Report 2010 by World Economic Forum, to report as follows :

·      There is no country on earth where women get equal pay as men for equal work

·      India ranks # 128 on gender parity, with USA ranking at#6

·      In USA, women earn only 77 cents per dollar earned by men

·      In India, where an estimated 60 % of all agricultural operations are handled exclusively by women, their hourly wages range from 50 % to 70 % of male wage rates

·      In corporate India, the average annual income of a woman is $ 1,185, as against $ 3,698 for a man [ in 60 of the 100 best employers ]

·      To avoid paying “ Statutory Minimum Wages “, Government of India employs thousands of women on “ honorarium “in its own welfare schemes

So much for the Gender Equality in 21st Century !

Hemen  Parekh

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