The Ukrainian government has approved the National Strategy for Overcoming the Gender Pay Gap for the period until 2030 and the operational plan of measures for its implementation for 2023-2025.
This was announced by the Permanent Representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Taras Melnychuk.
Earlier, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine noted that they were introducing various steps to achieve gender equality. Among them — collection and analysis of statistical data distributed by gender.
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Ukraine plans to ensure anti-discrimination standards and examination of educational content, support model educational programs with a gender-sensitive component, create a safer environment for girls and women in educational institutions .
In August, Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko, citing State Statistics Service data, reported that over the past seven years the gap between the salaries of men and women in Ukraine has decreased by 7.4%.
According to information According to the State Statistics Service, in 2021, women earned on average 18.6% less than men. This figure has decreased significantly over the past seven years — back in 2015 it was about 26%.
