Gender Issues

that you and me should know

ISSUE #1
Women's labor force participation was 57.4
percent in 2019, up from 57.1 percent in
2018. Men's labor force participation, which
always has been much higher than that for
women, was 69.2 percent in 2019, little
changed from the previous year (69.1
percent).

Men
ISSUE #2
As of 2021 the most recent figures
place the average woman's earnings
at around 80% of the average man's,
though this varies significantly
Women
between occupations.
0 25 50 75 100

Men
12.5%

Women
36%

Men
64%

Women
87.5%
In the medical profession

overall, male doctors still While in the teaching

outnumber female doctors, profession, Women teachers
64 percent to 36 percent, far out scale men teachers.
according to 2019 data from Yet there are still reports of
the Kaiser Family Foundation. women teachers getting
underpaid.

Do you know?
Sexual harassment in the workplace is widespread, and
women suffer the most. Studies estimate that 25%–85% of
them experience some sort of harassment at work. Let us
stop this from happening.

ISSUE #3 Gender Equality leads to

Women are promoted less peace. Which in return brings
often than men, In 2019, more progress to the
McKinsey and LeanIn workarea.
surveyed employees about
their first promotion to
management. They found
that for every 100 men
getting their first promotion,
just 72 women are promoted.
They called this gender
difference in the promotion
to management the “broken
rung
References Searing (2019), https://www.washingtonpost.com
Bongco and Ancho (2020) History in the Feminized Teaching Profession in
the Philippines