International Womens
Day : Tourism Sector Can DO More TO Step IT UP On Gender Equality
On The Occasion Of International Women’s Day, UNWTO
Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, Called Upon The Tourism Sector To
Step Up Policies And Businesses Practices That Promote Gender
Equality And Women's Empowerment.
“Though In Most Regions Women Make Up The Majority Of The Tourism
Workforce, They Tend To Be Concentrated In The Lowest Paid And
Lowest Status Jobs And Perform A Large Amount Of Unpaid Work In
Family Tourism Businesses”.
Taleb Rifai Unwto Secretary-General
The UNWTO/UN Women Global Report On Women In Tourism Shows That
Tourism Can Offer Significant Opportunities To Narrow The Gender Gap
In Employment And Entrepreneurship As Women Are Nearly Twice As
Likely To Be Employers In Tourism As Compared To Other Sectors. The
Report Also Shows That Women Are Well-Represented In Service And
Clerical Level Jobs, But Poorly Represented At Professional Levels
And Earn 10% To 15% Less Than Their Male Counterparts. Rifai
Recalled That “Though In Most Regions Women Make Up The Majority Of
The Tourism Workforce, They Tend To Be Concentrated In The Lowest
Paid And Lowest Status Jobs And Perform A Large Amount Of Unpaid
Work In Family Tourism Businesses”. Governments And The Private
Sector Have A Major Role To Play In Promoting Policies That Step Up
Equality And Women's Empowerment. “There Is A Particularly Important
Opportunity To Promote Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship As
Tourism Has Almost Twice As Many Women Employers As Other Sectors”,
He Added. |