One of the main reasons my mother gave me to move back to the States from Chile was that it is hard for women to find jobs in that country and she would not be able to support us financially in Chile as well as she would back in California. Although I believed what she said, I never saw any statistics or news articles that agreed with that idea. Thus, I didn't really take it in and understood it. However, this has changed as of today: I found an article on Ethical Corporation (http://www.ethicalcorp.com/) that proved my mother correct. Just look at the statistics according to the article:
- Women are paid 62% less than men
- Women's jobs are more unstable
- At Banco Santander, for example, only one in 12 of its 4,496 female employees is in management. Only 17 in total are in senior management. The boardroom counts two female members.
Read the full article here: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=5434
