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Business Report writes that Women of South Africa (WoSA), a newly-found movement, delivered memoranda to the JSE, the Industrial Development Corporation and the Union Buildings on Friday calling for the gender wage gap to be outlawed by making it a criminal offence in SA to pay women less than men for the same job.
WoSA, which includes women from various sectors of the economy, including business, political and civil society, took to the streets and marched in all major cities, demanding full inclusion in the economy. The ILO Global Wage report's 2018/19 statistics showed that women continued to be paid 28% less than men, with SA having the world's highest wage inequality overall. The women demanded that both the government and private sector should take decisive action to ensure that more women were involved in economic participation. They said they wanted the government to develop a five-year gender strategy intended to accelerate the participation of women in the economy. They also called for the establishment of an Annual Gender Barometer (AGB) to measure the extent to which women were at the centre of the SA economy. Their memorandum was signed and accepted by Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. WoSA is planning a national private sector engagement to take place by no later than 28 February 2021.
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