Women and men are paid different pay at some places. The rules of women are different in some institutions. It was found that some hospitals do not allow nurses to work if they marry. We have to understand that the entire society depends on women to groom the society. Women run most educational institutes. Motherhood is a gift of God and if motherhood is not encouraged , we can only expect the end of the world in the real sense. The Equality and Human Rights Commission in UK, set up to ensure that women were paid equal as men, was blasted it admitted that it paid four percent more to its men employees than women.The NGO has breached its own guidelines by paying men more than women counterparts.The watchdog was formed by the Whitehall to fight against workplace discrimination by making bosses pay equal to its employees regardless of gender biases, The Sun reports. Payroll figures revealed to The Sun mentions that the average woman working for the Commission got 28,846 pounds and men an extra 1,154 pounds.White staff earned 33,164 pounds a year, which was six percent more the black or ethnic minority colleagues working in the same building earned, according to data revealed after a Freedom of Information request.The TaxPayers’ Alliance said the gaps exposed the body as ‘a waste of money’.The figures come more than two years after the EHRC vowed to snuff out any pay discrimination among its employees.The EHRC last night insisted it had cut its pay gap in recent years and planned an equal pay review in the coming year. Such discriminatory actions are not seen in the government departments. Even women are trying to enter the armed forces. In some countries women fight along with men in the heat of battle with same prowess. It is the individual which matters not the sex. The individual prowess should be recognised rather than discriminating. A society can never redognised if women and children can not move freely and their responsibilities not respected. Let us learn to respect and honour them. The government and people should rise to the occasion and take up immediate measures to safeguard them.
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