But on every continent, women's pay lags well behind men's pay. In Asia, for example, women in Bangladesh earn as little as 42 percent of what men earn and in Vietnam it's 92 percent. Women in the Syrian Arab Republic earn only 60 percent of what men earn, and women in Tanzania earn 92 percent of men's earnings. In South America, Chile's women earn 61 percent of what men earn, and Colombian women earn 85 percent of men's earnings. In fact, around the world, women receive no wages for 66 percent of the work they do.
Women hold jobs at the bottom of the pay scale.
Worldwide, women hold only 14 percent of administrative and managerial jobs and less than 6 percent of senior management jobs. Around the world, more women than men live in poverty. Females account for 70 percent of the more than 1 billion people who live in poverty. The United States lags behind other industrialized nations. In the United States, equal pay has been the law since 1963.