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Gender Equality and Global Health: Stepping Up to the Plate in Practice

Many of the recent geopolitical, civil, and social actions and movements have, whether by virtue or provocation, rather powerfully ushered gender equality to important political and economic fora. Argentina’s G20…

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#MeToo, #TimesUp and Closing the #GenderPayGap

The world of gender equity and fairness has received tremendous support, impetus and publicity in the past year. Two global movements #MeToo and #TimesUp created a forum for women, their…

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Equality Act: Swiss Parliament adopted Amendment in December 2018

On Dec.14 2018, both Houses of Parliament have adopted with a final vote an amendment to the Equality Act, adding a new section entitled “Analysis of Equal Pay and Audit”.…

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Who are the victims of unequal pay?

Since 1996, only about ten women invoked equal pay law in the courts while women earn 18% less than men on average in Switzerland. RTS met one of them, who…

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Tackling the gender pay gap in the European Union

The EQUAL-SALARY certification is presented as follow under labels, charters and awards : ” In 2010, the European Commission published a study containing an inventory of these non-legislative instruments to promote…

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