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Zhaopin: Chinese Women Still Facing Discrimination in Workplace
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BEIJING, March 6, 2017
BEIJING, March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Zhaopin Limited (NYSE: ZPIN) ("Zhaopin" or the "Company"), a leading career platform1 in China focused on connecting users with relevant job opportunities throughout their career lifecycle, today released its "2017 Report on the Current Situation of Chinese Women in the Workplace." The report found that Chinese women still face gender discrimination in employment opportunities and career development.
Zhaopin conducted its annual survey on women in the workplace to understand the situation and environment for women in their employment opportunities, promotions, career paths and goals. More than 128,500 people participated in the survey this year.
Highlights of Zhaopin 2017 survey on women in the workplace:
- About 22% of women experienced severe or very severe discrimination when seeking employment, compared with 14% of men.
- Better educated women were more likely to be discriminated against when they applied for jobs. About 43% of women with graduate degrees felt severe or very severe discrimination, compared with only 18% of men with the same level of education.
- In career development, 25% of women experienced severe or very severe discrimination in promotions, compared with 18% of men.
- It took longer time for women to get promoted. About 59% of men were promoted for the first time within two years of employment, compared with 49% of women. Meanwhile, 44% of women never got promoted, compared with 31% of men.
- As to barriers to promotions, women were more likely to attribute the lack of promotion to personal reasons. About 40% of women believed that they lacked the competence or experience required for being promoted, compared with 32% of men.
- Leadership positions were still dominated by men in China. About 72% of participants had men as their direct supervisors, while only 28% had women as supervisors.
Women still facing gender discrimination when seeking employment
Gender discrimination against women has been an issue for a long time. Even though the government and other organizations have been making efforts to drive equality in the workplace, women still experience severe gender discrimination in both their employment opportunities and career development, Zhaopin survey found.
In the process of seeking employment, 22% of women experienced severe or very severe discrimination, compared with 14% of men. About 27% of men believed there was no, or almost no, discrimination, compared with 18% of women, the survey found.
| Gender Discrimination When Seeking Employment | |||
| | Overall | Men | Women |
| Very severe | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Severe | 15% | 12% | 19% |
| Hard to say | 59% | 60% | 59% |
| Almost no | 19% | 22% | 16% |
| No | 4% | 5% | 2% |
The gender discrimination experienced by women when they sought employment varied with age, marital status and educational background. Women aged 25 to 34 felt discrimination most strongly.
| Women Experiencing Discrimination by Age When Seeking Employment | |||||||
| | Age 21-24 | Age 25-29 | Age 30-34 | Age 35-39 | Age 40-44 | Age 45-49 | Over 50 |
| Very severe | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| Severe | 16% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 13% | 16% | 8% |
| Hard to say | 62% | 58% | 56% | 57% | 60% | 60% | 51% |
| Almost no | 17% | 15% | 16% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 24% |
| No | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 14% |
Married women without children were more likely to be discriminated against when applying for employment because some employers worried that they would have children after being hired.
| Women Experiencing Discrimination by Marital Status When Seeking Employment | |||
| | Not married | Married without children | Married with children |
| Very severe | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Severe | 19% | 28% | 17% |
| Hard to say | 60% | 51% | 60% |
| Almost no | 16% Werbung Mehr Nachrichten zur Zhaopin ADR Aktie kostenlos abonnieren
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