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The Gender Pay Gap: Can We Make Equal Pay a Reality?

26 - 26 March 2018

Library Events Room (B.135) Palais des Nations, B Building, 1st Floor

The Gender Pay Gap: Can We Make Equal Pay a Reality?

Women receive less pay than men for work of equal value in many countries around the globe, including the UNECE region. This gender pay gap persists despite the recognition of the principle of equal remuneration. At the current rate, over 100 years will be needed to close the gap. How does this affect each one of us and what approaches could eliminate this inequality at a faster pace?

Join us to discuss these issues and find out what is done in the UNECE region to accelerate progress towards closing the gender pay gap by 2030.

Opening Remarks
Olga Algayerova (@algayerova), UNECE Executive Secretary and Under-Secretary-General

Discussion with
Harald Aspelund (@IcelandinGeneva), Ambassador and Permanent Mission of Iceland to the UN
Sylvie Durrer (@equality_swiss), Director, Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality
Christine Löw (@unwomeneca), Director, Liaison Office Geneva, UN Women
Sue Johnson (@PwC_Switzerland), Senior Manager, Diversity and Inclusion, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Moderator
Francesco Pisano (@pisanoUN), Director, UN Library Geneva

Documents

Handout: The Gender Pay Gap across the UNECE region

Opening Remarks: The Gender Pay Gap (by Olga Algayerova, UNECE Executive Secretary and Under-Secretary-General)

Presentation: The Gender Pay Gap (by Olga Algayerova, UNECE Executive Secretary and Under-Secretary-General)

Presentation: Fighting the Gender Pay Gap in Switzerland: policies, tools and experiences (by Dr. Sylvie Durrer, Federal Office for Gender Equality of Switzerland)

UN Women resources

· Policy brief on the gender pay gap

· Interview with Chidi King, Director of the Equality Department of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

· CSW61 Agreed Conclusions

· CSW61-Chair's Summary from the Ministerial Roundtable on gender pay gap

· UN Women Stop the Robbery campaign