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Researchers,\r\nequality experts and even government officials recently acknowledged the\r\ndifficulties in closing this gap in Estonia. While equality legislation exists,\r\nthe difficulty is in implementing it and the challenge facing women who want to\r\npursue an equal pay case. The gender specialist in the Ministry of Social\r\nAffairs, Christian Veske, admitted that someone who feels discriminated against\r\nshould appeal herself. The country’s equality commissioner, Margit Sarv, said\r\nthat this takes a lot of courage, adding that only seven women have made an\r\nofficial complaint under the legislation in the last five years despite the country’s\r\nlarge pay gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltictimes.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F26555\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltictimes.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F26555\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]