With International Women’s Day celebrated today (March 8), female leaders in the tourism industry have highlighted that while there has been progress, women in tourism still face barriers to entry and being promoted above their male counterparts.
A new World Bank Group report has shown that the global gender gap for women in the workplace is far wider than previously thought, as few countries have officially adopted and enacted policies on equal opportunities for women – not even the wealthiest economies.
For example, 98 economies have enacted legislation mandating equal pay for women for work of equal value. Yet only 35 economies – fewer than one out of every five – have adopted pay-transparency measures or enforcement mechanisms to address the pay gap.
Associate Professor Nellie Swart of the Department of Applied Management at the University of South Africa (Unisa) and Chairperson of Tourism Educators South Africa, told Tourism Update that although specific and…
