Women`s salaries are lower than men`s wages in Azerbaijan

18:10 - 29.12.2020


December 29, Fineko/abc.az. According to statistics for 2019, there are still gender differences in the labor market in Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ reports that this is stated in the Annual Information of the Executive Body Responsible for Gender Equality Monitoring to be presented at tomorrow's meeting of Milli Majlis.

According to statistics for 2019, Azerbaijan numbers 1.4 million women (65.8% of the 2.1 million inactive population).

At the same time, the average monthly salary of women by type of economic activity is 335 manats, men – 663 manats.

The document says that in the labor market of Azerbaijan, women most often work in low-paid and informal jobs, which leads to a significant difference in the salaries of men and women.

 

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