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Michael Fitzpatrick

Gender gap at work far wider than expected, women's pay remains static, UN says

Women work in an onion field in Cameroon. AFP/File

Women have a harder time accessing work globally than previously thought, while the gender gap in working conditions and pay has barely budged in two decades, the United Nations said on Monday, just two days before International Women's Day.

The findings, announced by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), are based on a new statistical approach to unemployment figures.

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