Asuncion, 24 Feb. Paraguayan women commemorated this Friday their day, instituted in honor of the “First Assembly of American Women”, held in 1867 in Asunción, with lower incomes and a lower employment rate than men, according to published figures by the National Institute of Statistics. INE).
Data on the situation of women contained in the Permanent Household Survey (EPHC) of 2022 revealed, for example, that the employment rate for women is 53.9%, which is equivalent to 1,444,676 workers. .
This percentage rises to 79.1%, some 2,075,774 people, in the case of men.
Regarding education, women aged 15 and over in the country study an average of 10.1 years, compared to an average of 9.8 years of study for men.
The figures indicate that employed women received, on average, an income of approximately 2,341,000 guaraníes (approximately $320.09), an amount that represents approximately 674,000 guaraníes (approximately $92.16) -28.8% – less than men.
In Paraguay, the current legal minimum wage is 2,550,307 guaraníes, or about $3
According to the survey, women make up 49.7% of the population, or some 3,659,784 people, in Paraguay.
The study showed that households headed by women account for 36.8%. Of this percentage, 31.4% are single women, 26% are in a couple, 18.3% are married, 15.4% are widowed, 7.2% are separated and 1.7% are divorced.
Paraguayan Women’s Day commemorates every February 24 the meeting held in the Plaza de Mayo in Asunción, in which participants agreed to deliver their jewelry to contribute to the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870), which pitted Paraguay against Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. ECE
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