Gender Inequality in the Workplace

By International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org/washington/areas/gender-equality-in-the-workplace/WCMS_159496/lang--en/index.htm

This article gives a general break down of where women are employed, low wage household, and Women & Corporations. 

According to ILO, "In 2010, there were approximately 65 million women in the labor force and 53 percent of these women were concentrated in three industries: (1) education and health services,(2) trade, transportation and utilities and (3) local government (BLS 2011a)."
It was very interesting to see this statistic because it does follow a gender role of women who do not take participate in work where it requires physical labor.


Next, according to ILO, "the low-wage single mother households would be well below the poverty level of $22,314 (or $10.73 per hour, full-time) for a family of four (GAO 2011).."
The income of the $22,314 is extremely low. Normally, an average income is nearly $100,00 or more with a family of two adults and two children. With only $22,314, it is amazing to see someone survive with such little money seeing that a person who works full-time at $10.73 per hour is earning about $860. With that much money per month, most of it goes towards to housing, food, and gas if a car is involved.

Lastly, according to ILO, "In terms of women in leadership positions, in 2009 only 24 percent of CEOs in the US were women and they earned 74.5 percent as much as male CEOs (BLS 2010 p.9)."
The statement clearly states that women are making their way up the branch and are earning more and more money every year.