Mansi Khandelwal
JWB Blogger
Princess Diya Kumari & Raveena Tandon Bridge The Gender Wage Gap Through Their Experiences
- JWB Post
- November 16, 2016
On November 15, JWB attended an interactive session with the members of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in New Delhi. The event discussed “Can Business be an Agent for Change” in the presence of speakers Raveena Tandon, Kalyani Saha Chawla and Princess Diya Kumari.
FICCI members who had come from Jaipur and other cities touched base upon issues concerned with women empowerment. Amidst the ongoing session, speakers were asked to throw light upon the gender wage disparity across the sectors in our country and how it can be reduced.
Expressing her views on the topic, Princess Diya Kumari said, “Despite working hard each day towards women empowerment, if these things still exist, it is a very sad state of affairs. I feel it’s going to take a while to completely uproot wage gap but what I would like to mention is that there’s inequality in attitude towards women as compared to male officers which has to be addressed first. Also, in private sector, I don’t think there’s this issue as long as you are qualified for the job. I have not really dealt with this problem since I haven’t come across this in my constituency. Also, in my opinion, it might exist more at the laborer level. This is because the women might not be able to give as many hours as a man laborer would. So that makes a difference in the remuneration they earn.”
Taking the discussion forward, Raveena Tandon said, “Wage gap has been a major topic of discussion in the Hindi film industry for quite a while now. So if we were to talk about female directors, they would charge the same fee as their male counterparts would. But when it comes to actors and actresses, it actually levies down to the fact on how much screen space they have or how many days they have given to the film. Unfortunately, so far we have always had a majority of hero-oriented films. But times are changing and with more women-centric movies being made, this wage gap is also decreasing. Like for example when I did the film ‘Satta,’ actors opposite me did not get as much money as I did. So yes, I mean there are sectors where this issue has to be addressed, but we are still progressing.”
After hearing their views, we at JWB think it’s high time we fast-track the ‘progressing graph of women empowerment’ and revolutionize it for good.
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