Portfolio > PAINTINGS 3 - Gender and Economics

abstract painting by Lauren Gohara on percentage of women working outside agriculture based on Josef Albers Homage to the Square series
Working Hard for the Money
Oil and alkyd on canvas
18 x 18 inches

Since 1990, the proportion of women in paid employment outside agriculture worldwide has grown from 35% (yellow square in center) to 41% (brighter yellow border around the center). This is a small sign of some financial progress, though serious disparities persist in wages.