World must adapt to new ways of work to boost human development, report says

Abstract

“Development is about people, more than about producing commodities and accumulating capital. It is about enabling people’s participation and people’s choices such as access to education and resources,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Mr. Haile Mariam Dessalegn during the launch of the Human Development Report 2015 at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. Themed, Work for Human Development, the report calls for decent work, an increased access, particularly by women, to this work and the improvement of the well-being of workers. The report also alludes to the changed nature of current work; change that is influenced by an aging population and technology. The report highlights the glaring differences in gender and work and found that women are less likely to be paid for their work than men. Women do three out of every four hours of unpaid work. Women are paid globally, on average, 24% less than men and a third of businesses worldwide do not have women in senior positions.