"兩性收入鴻溝擴大"

專家表示國家需要帶頭提倡兩性平等。

全中國婦聯主席沈躍躍上週表示，中國就支薪而言兩性平等的改善做得不夠多。事實上，她透露男女薪資這道鴻溝事實上越來越大。沈躍躍指出由於中國女性人口佔了全世界的五分之一，該國有責任處理這項重要議題。

1990年住在城市的女性薪資只有住城市男性獲得的78%。此數據在1999年降到70%，並在2010年降到67%。這樣的狀況在鄉村地區甚至更糟，在1990年女性的薪資只有男性薪資的79%。但20年後，鄉村女性只拿到男性薪資的56%。

中國國際扶貧中心的王小林表示，有一部分的問題是因為男女基本的工作領域就不同。「許多女性移民工留在服務業的低階，比如說在餐廳當服務生，而男性則多在製造業就職，（這）……經歷了快速的提升。」他說。

(Local) Gender Income Gap Widens

Experts say the country needs to take a lead in terms of gender equality.

All China Womens Federation President Shen Yueyue said last week that China is not doing enough to improve gender equality in terms of pay. In fact, she revealed that the gap between wages paid to men and women is actually getting larger. Shen noted that since China is home to about a fifth of the worlds female population, the country has a responsibility to tackle this important issue.

In 1990 women living in cities were paid 78% of what their male counterparts received. That figure fell to 70% by 1999 and to 67% in 2010. The situation was even worse in rural areas where women received 79% of mens wages in 1990. Twenty years later, however, women in the countryside were only getting 56% of what men received.

Wang Xiaolin from the International Poverty Reduction Center in China said part of the problems has been caused by men and women typically working different fields. Many female migrant workers stay at the low end of the service sector, such as working as waitresses in restaurants, while men take more positions in the manufacturing industry, whichKhas undergone rapid upgrading, he said.

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