Equality answer to any question: Greece's message for International Women's Day

Greece marked International Women's Day on Wednesday with a series of events nationwide aimed to raise awareness of gender inequality.

"For any question, the answer is equality," was the main slogan on the poster of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality (GSGE), the governmental organization in charge of equality between women and men in Greece.

Greek women have made strides during the 20th century and the 21st century, but still have a long way to go to fully achieve gender equality, in particular in the workforce, according to GSGE.

"We continue the struggle for equality. Women and men fighting together can win," Fotini Kouvela, GSGE head, said in her message for the day.

Higher unemployment rates, smaller representation in senior management posts and pay gap reflect the discrimination women face in the Greek labor market.

Women suffer more than men from the debt crisis which has hit hard Greece since 2009. According to data from Greece's Manpower Employment Organization in November 2016, among the more than one million registered jobless, 62.35 percent were women.

Women run 20 percent of the senior management positions in Greece, while the global average has hit 25 percent, according to a report by international business consulting firm Grant Thornton.

According to 2016 Eurostat data, Greece's gender pay gap stands at 15 percent.Greece marked International Women's Day on Wednesday with a series of events nationwide aimed to raise awareness of gender inequality.

"For any question, the answer is equality," was the main slogan on the poster of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality (GSGE), the governmental organization in charge of equality between women and men in Greece.

Greek women have made strides during the 20th century and the 21st century, but still have a long way to go to fully achieve gender equality, in particular in the workforce, according to GSGE.

"We continue the struggle for equality. Women and men fighting together can win," Fotini Kouvela, GSGE head, said in her message for the day.

Higher unemployment rates, smaller representation in senior management posts and pay gap reflect the discrimination women face in the Greek labor market.

Women suffer more than men from the debt crisis which has hit hard Greece since 2009. According to data from Greece's Manpower Employment Organization in November 2016, among the more than one million registered jobless, 62.35 percent were women.

Women run 20 percent of the senior management positions in Greece, while the global average has hit 25 percent, according to a report by international business consulting firm Grant Thornton.

According to 2016 Eurostat data, Greece's gender pay gap stands at 15 percent.

Source: xinhua