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Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) Genel-İş Research Chamber has released the fourth Women's Labor Report on the occasion of the March 8 Women's Day.
Aimed at making the difficulties women face in work life more visible, the report is based on figures from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), OECD, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, and the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR).
Here are the highlights from the report:
The report said the following on gender pay gap:
"According to a research by the International Labour Organization (ILO), gender pay gap is 18.8 percent in the world.
"This ratio changes according to income groups. In the high-income countries such as Portugal, Spain and France, gender pay gap is 15.5 percent on average. In the upper middle-income countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey, gender pay gap is 20.9 percent on average. The gender pay gap for Turkey is 12 percent.
In the lower middle-income countries such as Sri-Lanka, Indonesia, Tunisia and Egypt, it is 16.9 percent." (EMK/VK)