Monday, October 27, 2008
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women in the work place
Our second article for the news story is Women in the workplace. We decided to do this story to look at the issues that are surrounding the women in the work place.
Women in the industry are increasing more and more in the industry in mass numbers. Last year approximately 1.1 billion workers out of 2.8 billion were women. This is an increase of nearly 200 million in the last ten years.
One of the challenges that women are still experiencing are higher unemployment rate and lower wages. It has been shown however, that although there may be an explosive growth in the employment rate, there is still very little development in terms of empowerment. The payment or wages are not equal as to that of what men would receive, and the employment benefits are not as great.
We look at a case study of women in the working industry and an interview with a woman in the mining industry to show some of the challenges; we looked at bias between what is characterized as male female jobs. The women in the interview admit there was a power struggle, as she, a young woman leading a higher position than the male. The man felt threatened by her and some culturally could not allow themselves to be ordered by women. It took time for her to reach an understanding with the male but after an incident where she had helped them get a raise, the male suddenly preferred her more than her male colleagues.
Women in the industry are increasing more and more in the industry in mass numbers. Last year approximately 1.1 billion workers out of 2.8 billion were women. This is an increase of nearly 200 million in the last ten years.
One of the challenges that women are still experiencing are higher unemployment rate and lower wages. It has been shown however, that although there may be an explosive growth in the employment rate, there is still very little development in terms of empowerment. The payment or wages are not equal as to that of what men would receive, and the employment benefits are not as great.
We look at a case study of women in the working industry and an interview with a woman in the mining industry to show some of the challenges; we looked at bias between what is characterized as male female jobs. The women in the interview admit there was a power struggle, as she, a young woman leading a higher position than the male. The man felt threatened by her and some culturally could not allow themselves to be ordered by women. It took time for her to reach an understanding with the male but after an incident where she had helped them get a raise, the male suddenly preferred her more than her male colleagues.
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