{"id":281170,"date":"2020-09-28T19:08:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T22:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=281170"},"modified":"2020-09-28T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T22:08:46","slug":"new-uae-law-to-ensure-gender-equal-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/new-uae-law-to-ensure-gender-equal-wages\/","title":{"rendered":"New UAE law to ensure gender-equal wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A landmark new law was enacted last Friday (25) in the United Arab Emirates to ensure equal wages for male and female private sector workers, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/uae\/government\/uae-law-ensuring-equal-pay-for-men-and-women-comes-into-force-1.1083027#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The National<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reported. The law had been in discussion since its draft was approved in April 2018 by the UAE Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>The decree enacting the new law was issued by president Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Recruiters argue that although the country promotes gender parity, some employers\u2019 mindsets are a hindrance. UAE Gender Balance Council president Manal bint Mohammed hailed the law on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The new law stipulates that \u201cwomen shall be granted a wage similar to that of a man if she performs the same work, or another of equal value.\u201d It amends a preexisting federal law from 1980 in a bid to encourage more women to join the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to all the women working in the UAE private sector. This step will undoubtedly boost the social inclusivity of women, support their role in national development, and advance the UAE\u2019s status on the world\u2019s Gender Equality Index,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE climbed 23 positions in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2019 Gender Inequality Index. It ranks as the most gender-equal country in the Arab world and 26<sup>th<\/sup> in the world. In establishing the Gender Balance Council in 2015, UAE vice president and Dubai ruler Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum set out to join the top-25 by 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-281166\">Antonio Saba\/Cultura Creative\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday (25) saw the entry into force of a law designed to ensure equal private sector wages for men and women in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":281166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[23864,17355,17349,17351,17352,17354,9047,17353,3475],"class_list":{"0":"post-281170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-emirados-en-2","9":"tag-gender-parity","10":"tag-igualdade-salarial","11":"tag-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan","12":"tag-manal-bint-mohammed","13":"tag-new-law","14":"tag-private-sector","15":"tag-uae-gender-balance-council","16":"tag-wages"},"wps_subtitle":"Last Friday (25) saw the entry into force of a law designed to ensure equal private sector wages for men and women in the United Arab Emirates. ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}