新奇事件簿 女男何时能够同工同酬

There is still a long way to go before women achieve economic equality with men. Centuries, in fact. This is according to the recently-released annual Global Gender¹ Gap Report from the World Economic Forum². It said it would take more than 200 years before women and men worldwide have economic parity³. The report found many areas in which women lag far behind today. One huge area is pay. Women around the world currently earn about 20-30 per cent less on average than their male counterparts. A factor contributing to this is the scarcity⁴ of women in management positions. The WEF said: "In the workplace, women still encounter significant obstacles in taking on managerial or senior official roles."

女性要实现和男性的经济平等还有很长的路要走。事实上，还要好几个世纪，世界经济论坛近期发布的年度《全球性别差距报告》说如是。报告表示世界范围内男女实现经济平等还需要两百多年。报告发现至今女性仍在很多方面远远落后。其中一个巨大的差异就是薪资。当前全球女性平均薪资比她们的男性同伴少约20%-30%。其中一个因素是管理层女性员工的不足。WEF表示：“在职场，女性仍会在任职管理层或高级领导层遭遇阻碍。”

The World Economic Forum (WEF) found that the inequalities between the sexes had closed by only a small amount in the past year, since the last report was published. Researchers found that the largest gap between the sexes was in politics. It said: "Only 23 per cent of the political gap - unchanged since last year - has been closed, and no country has yet fully⁵ closed political empowerment gaps." Other wide gaps still exist in healthcare and education opportunities. The WEF said: "The equal contribution of women and men in this process of deep economic and societal transformation⁶ is critical. More than ever, societies cannot afford to lose out on the skills, ideas and perspectives of half of humanity."

世界经济论坛（WEF）发现自上一份报告发表以来，性别不平等在过去一年中紧缩小了一点点。研究人员发现最大的差距是在政治上。其表示：“仅有23%的政治差距—自去年起就未改变—被消除了，没有任何一个国家完全消除了政治权利差距。”其他较大的差距仍存在于医疗保健和教育机会中。WEF表示：“在深化经济和社会改革进程中，女性和男性同等的贡献很关键。社会越发无法承受失去一半人类的技能、想法和观念。”

1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 parity   

n.平价，等价，比价，对等

参考例句：

• The two currencies have now reached parity.这两种货币现已达到同等价值。
• Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.女性在很多领域还没能争取到薪金、职位方面的平等。

4 scarcity   

n.缺乏，不足，萧条

参考例句：

• The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government.熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。
• The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。