Gender Equality Issues
Australia, U.K. Rank Last on Global Gender Pay Gap Reporting
What is this article about?
My chosen article is on the gender pay gap in Australia. In Australia, the pay gap between men and women is 14.9 percent. Australia was one of the first governments to approve gender equality legislation, yet there was no dramatic change. In fact, in Australia, women must labour an additional 61 days to earn what males do. To summarise, this short paragraph is not only about the gender pay gap in Australia, but also a cry for society to wake up and understand that just because it’s 2021 doesn’t imply nothing has changed in the previous 30 years.
Who does it involve?
This article involves Australia and its ridiculous gender pay gap. Not only does it involve that, but it also involves the inequality that women face in Australia. It involves both men and women, and that that the fact males are still considered superior to women. How would you feel if you worked the same job as a guy but were paid 14.9 percent less? It includes human rights, women’s rights, fundamental human rights, international law, and far more than I can say. It involves a large number of individuals, but what counts is equality for women who are not treated the same as males around the world.
Why did you choose this article?
I picked this article since it grabbed my interest. I was reading about gender inequality in education, and in the Middle East, but this article reminded me of something I’d hear about my entire life. I’ve always heard that women make less money than men and that males make more money, therefore men should go to work and women should stay at home, which is really stereotypical and sexist. Since that isn’t always the case, but I’m sure I heard it a lot growing up in a Middle Eastern family. So, in general, I chose this article since it was always a hot issue about which I want to understand more.
How does this news article relate to the story we are reading- The Friday Everything Changed?
The comparison of both having a sexist history in this news article relates to the novel The Friday Everything Changed. The teacher in the novel wouldn’t let the girls carry the water bucket because they were girls, and the same thing happens in real life. Because they are women, women are not paid equally to men. It’s crazy that people still believe that just because she’s a woman, she’s incapable of performing tasks that a male can.
Tarek Diabmarzouk
October 3rd, 2021