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8 Mar 2010

Author:
Nicola Clark, New York Times

The Female Factor: Awareness Rises, but Women Still Lag in Pay

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The [World Economic Forum]...surveyed 600 heads of human resources offices at the largest employers in 20 countries representing 16 different industries...Companies in the United States, Spain, Canada and Finland lead the world in employing the largest numbers of women from entry level to senior management...Yet the report also found that, despite increasing awareness of gender disparities in the workplace, women...continued to lag behind their male peers in many areas...Companies in India had the lowest percentage of female employees, 23 percent, just below Japan, with 24 percent…

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