On June 24, gender equality ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations will discuss ways to boost the appointment of women to high-paying jobs in companies.
The G7 ministers' meeting is being held in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. According to a Japanese government official, the ministers are expected to adopt a joint statement on June 25 and agree on measures to address issues such as the gender pay gap and declining employment opportunities for women.
In the G7 group of countries - the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US - and the European Union (EU), men are paid an average of 14.4% more than women, according to 2021 data. In the group of countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the ratio is 11.7%.
The G7 ministers will also discuss ways to boost the appointment of women to high-paying jobs in companies and consider ways to increase transparency in corporate governance related to gender equality policies. The meeting will also address concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed progress in gender equality efforts, with shared concerns that women may have been forced to cut their working hours more than men during the pandemic to care for children, based on pay gap data. The ministers will also consider reports of increased domestic violence during the lockdowns to control the pandemic.
Japan's Minister of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Masanobu Ogura chaired the conference.
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