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The International Federation of Journalists is partnering with WageIndicator, a global wage survey that measures wages of over 1,500 different occupations and 400 industries in over 48 countries around the world to date.
With the participation of the IFJ and your union this year, journalists' salaries will, for the first time, be assessed on a global scale.
The survey will measure, in particular, journalists' average salary based on experience, salaries of young journalists entering the profession and the gender pay gap in the profession (if any).
The analysed data will be published in different languages and made accessible online. The findings will serve as a national wage indicator for journalists around the world.
It is important for every journalist to get decent pay for their work. By taking part in this survey, journalists will be able to carry out a "salary check" by comparing their current salaries with those of their peers, or those in other occupations in a global labour market.
Journalists can also take a "decent work check" to assess whether their working conditions are decent and based on international standards and in agreement with the national law of the countries where they work.
More importantly, journalists and unions can use this information for effective collective bargaining. Such information is particularly helpful in salary and benefit negotiations during a difficult time when many journalists face salary cuts and deteriorating working conditions.
Making such information available to the public, journalists are making the profession more transparent and accountable. It will help promote public trust in journalists and journalism.
The participation of your union and your members in this global wage survey is essential to strengthen collective bargaining of journalists and unions.
GET INVOLVED NOW!
Launch your national awareness campaign today by urging your members to complete the anonymous online survey. Please visit your country's web site now and fill in the survey!
Angola
Austria - only Salary Survey
Australia
Argentina
Armenia - only Salary Survey
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria - only Salary Survey
Chile
China
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
ElSalvador
Finland
France
Georgia - only Salary Survey
Germany
Guatemala
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland - only Salary Survey
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan - only Salary Survey
Luxembourg - only Salary Survey
Malawi
Mexico
Mozambique
Namibia - only Salary Survey
Netherlands
Pakistan
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal - only Salary Survey
Romania - only Salary Survey
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia - only Salary Survey
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Tajikistan - only Salary Survey
Turkmenistan - only Salary Survey
UK
Ukraine
USA
Uzbekistan - only Salary Survey
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
For more country survey updates, please visit the WageIndicator country list HERE.
For more information, please contact the IFJ colleagues Pamela Moriniere ( +32 2 2352 216) or Yuk Lan Wong ( +32 2 2352 226), or Paulien Osse ( +31 6 5397 7695) of the Wageindicator.org.
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101st International Women's Day by calling on media organisations to
end the persisting gender pay gap in journalism. The IFJ published jointly with
WageIndicator, a global report
on Gender Pay Gap in Journalism which shows that women
journalists continue to face persisting discrimination in wages and benefits.
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Global Wage Report Says Female Journalists Get Paid 17.6% Less
A global report monitoring the
gender pay gap shows that the gender pay gap in the media industry still
remains high with female journalists getting 17.6% less in wages than its male
counterparts.
The gender-based difference in pay ranges
from 7%, to over 30% in different industries. The report explains that where
jobs are mainly occupied by women, the gap tends to be smaller or to even
favour women.
The report also shows that women in general
work longer hours and receive lower wages than men.
However, the report highlighted a positive
trend showing that trade union membership contributes to narrowing the pay gap.
The global wage survey was conducted by
Wage Indicator over the year from 2006 and 2010 in over 40 countries around the
world. The IFJ and its affiliates around the world participated in the global
survey and launched a Decent Wage Campaign advocating equal pay
and decent work for all journalists regardless of their sexes.