Member of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women, Amir Peretz, has reacted to a recently-released report by the Central Bureau of Statistics about the wage gap between men and women by saying, "The way to a healthy society in which we manage to live in dignity depends on the way we relate to women."
The Zionist Union lawmaker explained, "As their social status improves, their integration in management positions will accelerate and their salaries and working conditions will improve significantly, so we will get a stronger society and a more budding economy, and therefore monitoring and enforcement activities should be expanded to realize this national, social and economic interest. It's time to end the abuse of women via salaries."