据联合国一九七九年《世界妇女状况》报道: 妇女占世界总人口的一半,劳动妇女三分之二的时间是劳动(或工作),但只得到世界总收入的十分之一。几乎在每个国家,即使妇女同男子干同样的或相似的工作,妇女得到的钱要比男子少。世界上,平均妇女每人挣到的钱只有男子收入的百分之四十到六十。在不少国家的《全国经济活动统计数》中经常不计算农村妇女的劳动,而在非洲百分之六十至八十的农活是妇女干的,在发展中国家至少百分之 According to the United Nations’ 1979 State of the World’s Women, women account for half of the world’s total population. Two-thirds of working women are working (or working) but receive only one-tenth of the world’s total income. In almost every country, women receive less money than men, even if they do the same or a similar job as men. In the world, the average woman earns only 40% to 60% of the man’s income per person. Rural women’s labor is often not counted in the “National Economic Activity Statistics” of many countries, while 60 to 80 per cent of rural work in Africa is done by women and at least a few per cent in developing countries