So How Far Have We Come? Pestilent and Persistent Gender Gap in Pay

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10554262
AutoresMargaret Gibelman (Yeshiva University, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume48
Fascículo1
Páginas22-32
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/48.1.22
PMID12564704
OpenAlexW2132449174
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13

This article explores the issue of women's salaries in the human services within a comparative framework of many service occupations. An analysis of year-end 1998 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics clearly demonstrates that salary disparities continue to exist between men and women. The author argues that these differences are based on continued patterns of discrimination, despite a plethora of policy initiatives dating back to the 1960s civil rights era to address gender discrimination in the workplace. Relevant policies are reviewed and assessed in terms of how far we have come in achieving pay equity between men and women. Several strategic directions to combat inequities are discussed, including public and professional education; individual, group, and professional advocacy; and targeted policy practice. Parallels are drawn between the gender discrimination experienced by social workers and client groups served

Civil rights · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Gender equity · Human services · Parallels · Policy advocacy · Political science · Professional development · Public relations · Salary · Social equality · Social policy · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Work Education and Practice