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Eugenio Tijerina Position Paper

Committee: CSW

Topic: Establishing and enforcing wage parity between genders

Country: Republic of Congo

Delegate: Eugenio Tijerina

School: Colegio Ingles

Women around the world earn less money than men at every stage of life, and women get older and continue into retirement the wage gap widens. Women at all education levels lose significant amounts of income due to the wage gap, but women with the most education lose the most in earnings. According to some estimates women represent 70% of world’s poor. However, in many countries it goes far beyond loss of formal jobs, most of women tend to work in the informal sector. Domestics in cities do not show up in official unemployment numbers. In most places women are paid less by just the fact that they are women, especially women do worse depending on their education level.

The Republic of Congo is in favor of establishing and enforcing wage parity between genders. The 70% percent of the population of The Republic of Congo lives in poverty. Also, its life expectancy is of 54.91 years, and it is believed that if the poverty in The Republic Congo is reduced by establishing and enforcing wage parity between genders, the life expectancy may rise. The Republic of Congo hopes that the wage parity between genders is enforced in Congo and Worldwide because it would be beneficial in more than just the stated reasons. It may generate new jobs, raise the economy, and people would feel equality, no matter the gender. Still, in Congo women suffer from abuse a lot, and it would be beneficial if wage parity was enforced since it may generate the employment of women. Congolese women have limited access to education too. Education is also an important factor with wage parity, since it may vary the salary for women. Still, Congo has no doubt about establishing and enforcing wage parity between genders.

The Republic of Congo recommends doing whatever needs to be done to establish and enforce wage parity between genders and stop any other deeds that are being unfair to the genders. Congo also proposes the following solutions: Set a minimum payment limit for genders that would make it more equal. Also, promote awareness so people can see this conflict and can also take action, and last but not least set priorities and privileges to more people so that genders can access to jobs easier. The Republic of Congo hopes this can come to a solution with the countries that support to this cause as well as the cooperation and consideration of the other countries.