Global pay gap will take 202 years to close, says World Economic Forum
Gender equality has stalled, says WEF, as women globally are paid 63% of what men get
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Oxfam criticises World Bank for backing deregulated labour markets
World Development Report dismisses concern about growing income inequality, say critics
Read moreTextile firms paying UK workers £3 per hour, investigation finds
Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals River Island, New Look, Boohoo and Missguided used factories paying workers between £3 and £3.50 an hour
Read moreDhaka’s Dickensian workhouses should shame us all
A damning study says children in the slums of Bangladesh work over 42 hours a week, often at factories supplying to the west
Read moreWorsening economies threaten to undo gains against poverty – ILO
UN agency urges west to focus on helping developing world create more sustainable and better paid jobs, rather than just on aid
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