Gender inequalities: until when?
Audio 29:30
Gender inequalities are still very high, especially in the world of work.
FRANK PERRY / AFP
By: Adrien Delgrange
1 min
French women have been working "for free" since Wednesday, November 3, 2021. While men, they will be paid until the end of the year.
Said like that, it questions.
It is above all a way of evoking wage inequalities in France.
This date of November 3 (57 days without being paid until the end of the year) is calculated by the feminist collective “Les Glorieuses”, from official data on the pay gaps between men and women.
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Why such an injustice?
Is men's work worth more than women's?
Where does this recurring discrimination come from?
How come the problem is not solved?
What are the solutions to remedy it?
Should quotas for women in positions of responsibility be applied?
So many questions that we will address with 3 guests:
- Françoise Milewski
, economist at
OFCE
French Observatory of Economic Conjunctures and within
the Research and Teaching Program of Knowledge on GEnre (PRESAGE)
- Marylaure Meolans
, lawyer in labor law at the
firm
Victoire Avocats
, founder of the podcast
Droit devant
- Insaff El Hassini,
spokesperson for the
Les Glorieuses
movement
, creator of the platform
My fair value,
financial lawyer, expert in equal pay and compensation negotiation.
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