Women end up with lower pensions than men for various objective reasons, experts say. One reason is that women take breaks from work over the years, when giving birth, for example. Another reason would be the wage gap, as women are mostly employed in the public sector and men in the private sector, Vasile Cantarji, sociologist, "CSS-Research", Vasile Cantarji, sociologist, "CSS-Research", told the public debate "Gender inequality in the economy and society: why, what is happening now and what can we do about it," organized by IPN, IPN reports.
"The private sector is always faster, it reacts faster to rising inflation and there faster wages rise. The de facto public sector in such processes is slower. However, we are on the right track," says sociologist Vasile Cantaji.
The difference in pensions between men and women is created by two factors, one is the salary and the other is the length of working time, says the expert.
"In this case women lag behind on both. And that's just simple math. On the first parameter, there are big differences when it comes to pay," says Vasile Cantarji.
Talking about the role of women and men in the family, the sociologist noted that although, in terms of time, 24 hours for all are equal, women have less time for rest and social life, which can subsequently influence their personal development.
"Although 24 hours for all are equal, out of the 15 hours outside of sleep, a woman has one and a half hours left for other activities such as rest and social life and a man 3 hours. The social life is going out, communicating, which helps success including at work. With such distribution of roles in the family, women are less successful in their professional growth," Cantarji said.
According to the sociologist, the number of men who take leave after the birth of a child in the family is increasing, but the gap is still colossal.
"At 26, as a rule, is the age when the first child appears in families, years that are in fact the most important, when a person builds his career, and here the child is born, the father continues to develop and grow, and the mother simply disconnects from the labor market. And we're not just talking about the fact that she loses out on the work experience that accumulates, but in today's era of rapid change, even after three years, women are back to square one, which in turn diminishes the value of her work. And this happens several times during her career," sociologist Vasile Cantarji pointed out.
The public debate on "Gender inequality in economy and society: why, what is happening now and what can we do?" is organized in the framework of the project "IPN News Agency for social cohesion and pro-European Moldova", funded by IMS.
