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Huge gender pay gap drives women away: analysts

Star Business Report
Barriers to women's participation in the workforce have eased but there is still a huge wage gap between men and women, said economists yesterday.
Women are doing the same work with same skills as men, but are getting paid less, said Wahiduddin Mahmud, an eminent economist, at the 4th SANEM Annual Economists' Conference organised by the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling at the capital's Brae Centre Inn.
"This is one puzzle that the economists have been unable to solve. In economics, wage is determined by the demand and supply. But here, it is not working that way."
The wage differentiation is acting as a deterrent to women joining the workforce.
"This is a big reason behind their poor participation," said Mahmud, also a professor of the Dhaka University's economics department.
Bangladesh has been performing well in the social indicators where women played a very important role.
But, in the indicators pertaining
to repression, violence and discrim-ination in health centres, Bangladesh is not doing well.
"This is an anomaly," he added.
The country needs a comprehensive plan to reduce the problems women face in workplace, said
Sayema Haque Bidisha, a professor of economics at the Dhaka University, who presented a study styled 'Female Employment Stagnation in Bangladesh' at the event
The labour force participation rate of female increased but it has
been stagnant at about 33 to 36 percent since 2010.
"On the other hand, women are being paid lowly and not employed for productive activities," she added.
Yet, population growth, high density and shrinking land and water are persistent challenges for agriculture, he added.
CIMMYT Director General Martin Kropff, who is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh, said the organisation has had fruitful collaborations with numerous Bangladeshi stakeholders and partners for over 50 years.
“Fully aligned with the national agenda, the CIMMYT works with partners to tackle existing diseases such as wheat blast and looming threats such as fall armyworm," he said.
“We also merge the best science and action to encourage the adoption of mechanisation services, technologies and crop management practices," he added.