Despite comprising 67% of the health and care workforce, women earn about 20% less than their male counterparts, according to a joint report by the International Labor Organization and WHO.
The report, which is “the most comprehensive global analysis of gender pay inequalities in the health and care sector,” according to a press release from WHO, found that much of the pay gap is unexplained, “perhaps due to discrimination towards women.”
“We cannot have better-quality health and care services without better and fairer working conditions, including fairer wages,