世界經濟論壇 男女平等要再等118年

Women now earn what men did a decade ago, according to the World Economic Forum, underlining the sluggish global progress made in bridging the gender divide over the past 10 years.

世界經濟論壇(World Economic Forum)稱，女性現在的收入水平與男性10年前持平，這突顯出過去10年在彌合性別差距方面全球進展緩慢。

In its latest Global Gender Gap Report, the think-tank says that the gap in health, education, economic opportunity and politics around the world has closed by only 4 per cent in the past decade, whilst the economic gap has narrowed by just 3 per cent, suggesting it will take another 118 years to achieve equality.

在最新《全球性別差距報告》(Global Gender Gap Report)中，世界經濟論壇表示，過去10年，全球在健康、教育、經濟機會和政治方面的性別差距僅僅彌合了4%，經濟差距僅縮窄了3%，這表明，要實現男女平等需要再等118年。

“Progress towards wage equality and labour force parity has stalled markedly since 2009/2010,” the report says.

報告稱：“自2009/2010年以來，薪資平等和勞動力平等方面的進展明顯停滯。”

On key measures, the gender gap has widened since 2006. In education, the gap between women and men’s literacy rate and educational attainment worsened in nearly a quarter of the 145 countries surveyed over the past 10 years.

根據主要衡量標準，自2006年以來，性別差距一直拉大。過去10年，在教育領域，在接受調查的145個國家中，有近四分之一的國家的男女識字率和受教育程度差距擴大。

While in 97 countries more women than men are enrolling in university, women make up the majority of skilled workers in only 68 countries and the majority of leaders — legislators, senior officials and managers — in only four.

有97個國家的女大學生數量超過男生，僅僅有68個國家的女性佔到高技能員工的大多數，僅有4個國家的女性領導人（包括國會議員、高級官員和高管）佔到了大多數。

“Women hold the majority of senior roles in only a handful of countries,” said Saadia Zahidi, head of the global challenge on gender parity at WEF, which works with corporates such as Coca-Cola, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Renault-Nissan and SABMiller on the issue. “Companies and governments need to implement new policies to prevent this continued loss of talent and instead leverage it for boosting growth and competitiveness.”

“女性僅在很少幾個國家獲得大多數高層職位，”世界經濟論壇全球性別平等項目主管薩阿迪亞丠止迪(Saadia Zahidi)表示，“企業和政府需要實行新的政策防範人才繼續流失，並在這方面施壓促進增長和提高競爭力。”世界經濟論壇正與可口可樂(Coca-Cola)、美銀(Bank of America)、彭博(Bloomberg)、雷諾-日產(Renault-Nissan)和SABMiller等公司就這個問題展開合作。

In the WEF’s annual rankings the Nordic countries still top the index, with Ireland the highest placed non-Nordic country at fifth, after Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Rwanda, the Philippines and New Zealand are the only non-European countries in the top 10.

在世界經濟論壇的年度排名中，北歐國家仍名列前茅，愛爾蘭在非北歐國家中排名第一，總排名第五，排在冰島、芬蘭、挪威和瑞典後面。盧旺達、菲律賓和新西蘭是僅有的躋身前10名的非歐洲國家。