PIOJ Deputy Director General Claire Bernard
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Claire Bernard, deputy director general for sustainable development and social planning at the Planning Institute of Jamaica
Concerns continue to be raised about the wage gap between Jamaican women and men.
Speaking at the Scotiabank Women Initiative on Tuesday, the Planning Institute of Jamaica's deputy director general for sustainable development and social planning, Claire Bernard, pointed to data showing that despite more women matriculating at the tertiary level, men are still being paid more.
"For every dollar that the average man earns, the average Jamaican woman earns 62-cents. That's a huge difference. And when we look at the Human Development Index, while we do well in average schooling and life expectancy and all of that, men earn 54 per cent more than us in the gross national income," she outlined.
She said there are also disparities between male and female entrepreneurs.
"A survey we did in the PIOJ two years ago, said that 80 per cent of the female entrepreneurs surveyed said that they had problems getting credit and 43 per cent had no collateral. So again, we have a major issue," said the PIOJ deputy director general.
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