Less Pay for Women in Brazil
Prensa Latina:
A study by the Sistema Nacional de Informaciones de Genero (SNIG) confirmed that, despite their better education, Brazilian women earn 30% less than men. The study, based on the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics Census in 2000, blames their type of employment in service jobs, and other low-paying and poorly-skilled work.
In some areas, west central, southeast and south regions, women get less than 70% of men’s wages, which contrasts to the parity in the north and northeast, where everyone has low salaries. The situation is worse for black and mulatto men, who get only 60% of what whites earn, and black and mulatto women are paid 60% less than whites, with black women victims of double discrimination because of both their race and gender.
Illiteracy rates declined for both sexes throughout Brazil, but there are still difference between races and regions: after many decades women reduced from 19.4 percent to parity with males at 13% in 2000. Yet 18.5% of black females are illiterate, while whites are just 8.6%. The study also shows that the number of homes headed by white women increased 1.9% between 1991 and 2000 (from 53.6 to 55.1%), while the number managed by black women dropped 3%. The study blamed this on high maternal mortality rates and poor living and health conditions.
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