Poland 9th in the Women in Work Index

Poland has kept its ninth place in the latest Women in Work Index report compiled by PwC consultancy. “Since 2000, when the first ranking was created, Poland has advanced by 10 places which is one of the best results in the entire OECD, except for Luxembourg and Israel. We have reduced the difference in the employment level of women and men, and the vast majority of women work full-time. Also pay gap in Poland is one of the lowest and amounts to 7 percent, although of course, we would wish it stood at 0 percent. Still, lots can be done to improve gender equality on the labor market. We should continue to strengthen female entrepreneurship, work to increase their participation in management boards and supervisory boards of companies, and to build a stable and responsible pro-family policy that does not exclude women from the labor market because of motherhood,” PwC said. The index is compiled using a number of factors such as unemployment rate, access to the labor market, wages, job security etc. Iceland, Sweden, and Norway took the first three spots respectively.