Gender Inequality in Hong Kong and Indonesia

RUNNING HEAD: WORK EMPLOYMENT AND GLOBALIZATION 1
Work employment and Globalization

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Comparison of the gender pay gap in Indonesia and Hong Kong.............................................4
Condition of Hong Kong's female workforce............................................................................4
An overview of female workforce condition in Indonesia market............................................5
Less Women in Senior Managerial Position..............................................................................5
Reducing barriers to gender equality in Indonesia.....................................................................6
Importance of Gender Equality in both countries....................................................................10
Recommendations for strengthening gender equality:.............................................................12
Conclusion................................................................................................................................14
References................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
In this study, there will be a discussion about gender inequality in Hong Kong and Indonesia.
Gender inequality is considered as one of the serious concerns in Indonesia. Around 49.7% of
the total population consists of women in this country (Darrah, 2019). Surprisingly, the
majority of them lies in the age group of 15-64 years old. Government is consistently making
goals to support human rights and gender equality. In Hong Kong female workers are getting
less pay than men according to the census report of 2015 and 2014. In 2015, Hong Kong's
female workers were paid (average) HK$2500 less than men (Darrah, 2019). Women have
less opportunity available than men. Apart from this, there will be a discussion about why
these countries are facing a gap in providing equal opportunity to both men and women.
Merits of gender equality and recommendation for overcoming this problem will also be
discussed. Moreover, changing patter of work implies that employment levels changes time
to time due to many factors. From the perspective of economic growth, changing work
pattern is essential because it can change its structural process.

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Comparison of the gender pay gap in Indonesia and Hong Kong
Hong Kong is currently facing challenges due to gender pay gap despite having an
international finance center. The city still pays less salary to women than men irrespective of
putting equal efforts and showing equal dedication towards work. According to the study, it
has been observed that women are consider as less powerful than men for thousands of years
in their culture. Previously women were only allowed to be a homemaker. In 2011, the Hong
Kong government passed a law in which they state that companies and government agencies
will have to appoint at least 25% of women employees (Diprose, 2019). Companies are
guided to pay equal roles and responsibility to all their employees without considering the
gender of an employee.
A 2016 census report from Hong Kong states that women who belong from education sector
are earning HK$9800 less than men. Same goes in the country’s finance sector where women
earn HK$8800 less than men (Ng, 2018).
In Indonesia, the country is facing a nightmare for developing equal working opportunity
rights for their women employees. The government of the country actively start making laws
in the year 2009. In this year, the government announces that companies will have to provide
an equal working opportunity to both the gender. Employer that failed to follow this policy
will be penalized with a maximum fine of Rp 300 million (Monash University, 2016).
Condition of Hong Kong's female workforce
In 2014, Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) said that despite having
numerous laws for gender equality, the city still has not improved in the field of providing
equal opportunities to both the gender (Ng, 2018). He further added that the government has
made many efforts in the past decade for promoting equal growth of men and women in the
workforce.