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5 Things that Fuel Gender Inequality in Your Organisation

Unequal Pay Women earn 99% of what a man earns when they have the same job and qualifications. This leads women to leave the workforce.

Sexual Harassment Locker Room conversations and verbal and physical assault create an unsafe environment for women.

Women are Promoted Less than Men Only 15% of CEOs at Fortune 500 companies are women.  Despite being more educated than men and constituting nearly half of the workforce, women are promoted at work far less often than men.

Women Struggle for Asking High Pay Research from Glassdoor found women negotiated their pay less often than their male counterparts.

Racism Race seems to play a major role in how women are treated and compensated in the workplace.