Why Women are losing ground on Wall Street?

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In 2007, 1.2 billion women were working worldwide. It was 200 million or 18.4 percent higher compared to ten years. But the number of unemployed women also grew during the same period, rising from 70.2 to 81.6 million, and in 2007, with an unemployment rate of 6.4 percent, women continued to have global probability of being unemployed superior to men, whose unemployment rate was 5.7 percent. For women who do find work, they are often confined to sectors of the economy less productive and in groups of employment status that have both a higher economic risk and a lower probability of meeting the criteria defining decent work, including access to social protection, fundamental rights and a voice at work.

Moreover, with the type of employment where women can find job (both in terms of industry as employment status), they often earn less than men. There are some major global trends in women's work:
-Of all persons employed in the world, 40 percent are women; this proportion is unchanged past ten years.
-The proportion of women of working age (from 15 years in most countries) who are employed (the employment-population ratio) was 49.1 percent in 2007 compared to 74.3 percent for men. Both ratios have declined slightly over the decade.
-In developed countries, part of the gap in the participation rate can be attributed to freely make choices that some women stay home because they can afford to be without work. But in some less developed regions of the world, remain outside the workforce is for the majority of women not a choice but an obligation. It is likely than women to choose these areas to work if he was socially eligible to do so. This, of course, does not mean that these housewives are doing nothing, the most performing household chores. But most of these tasks continue to be regarded as a non-economic activity, women who are thus not counted in the labor force.

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[...] So parents can drop off their children on their place of work. And if something goes wrong with their children, they are there. So it saves time and money for both employees and businesses. Moreover in some companies, when a woman asks for a part-time for her Wednesday, she was offered the opportunity to retain a full-time with flexible hours. Other agencies working on the inclusion of parental leave in careers, in an interview before conducting the absence and proposing to maintain a connection for the duration of the leave. [...]

[...] Indeed, some think it's an advantage to expand their target and attract new customers. So, companies set up programs to recruit women from their exit of university. But these programs are exceptions. Then, others create brochures to their internal business while paying attention to the representation of women in texts and pictures. Initiatives are also being taken to fight against gender stereotypes and sexist attitudes or remarks. In addition, companies hire partnership programs with schools to develop new time slots that are better adapted to working hours of their employees. [...]

[...] Also, there is a widening gap between wages of women and men for ten years, whereas within the broader work force, the parity and wages increase between both sexes, because we can notice that lot of back-office or administrative jobs disappeared because of the appearance of the new technologies and the outsourcing. Concerning France, we find that there is still a gap between the wages of women and men. French women still lag far behind men in terms of remuneration. [...]

[...] Indeed, some companies don't hire people who don't correspond to a precise profile because the person will not integrate with other employees, or customers will not accept work with this person. So, it's really difficult for a director of human resources to hire employees. Indeed, people aren't judged with regard to their skills, talents or experience, but according to their values and personality. III) Why should managers recruit women in their company? I think it's really difficult for a woman to integrate a big company than a man. [...]

[...] Why Women are Losing Ground on Wall Street? TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION p2 The various problems faced by women in the workplace p4 Discrimination in hiring Discrimination according to the sector Discrimination according to the wage Discrimination face to responsibilities Discrimination according to their family status Solutions implemented to reduce discrimination p8 Why should managers recruit women in their company p11 CONCLUSION p13 BIBLIOGRAPHY p14 INTRODUCTION In billion women working worldwide, about 200 million or 18.4 percent higher than it was ten years old. [...]