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第 40 題
📖 題組：
【B】A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work” illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes. The report reveals that underinvestment in health systems results in a vicious cycle of unpaid health and care work, lowering women’s participation in paid labor markets, harming women’s economic empowerment and hampering gender equality. Women comprise 67% of the paid global health and care workforce. In addition to this paid work, it has been estimated that women perform 76% of all unpaid care activities. Work that is done primarily by women tends to be paid less and to be carried out in poor working conditions. The report highlights that low pay and demanding working conditions are commonly found in the health and care sector. Devaluing caregiving, which is work performed primarily by women, negatively impacts wages, working conditions, productivity and the economic footprint of the sector. The report illustrates that decades of chronic underinvestment in health and care work is contributing to a growing global crisis of care. With stagnation in progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), which has resulted in 4.5 billion people lacking full coverage of essential health services, women may take on even more unpaid care work. The negative impact of weak health systems combined with an increasing volume of unpaid health and care work is further straining the wellbeing of caregivers and the quality of services. “The ‘Fair Share’ report highlights how gender-equitable investments in health and care work would reset the value of health and care and drive fairer and more inclusive economies,” said Jim Campbell, WHO Director for Health Workforce. “We are calling upon leaders, policy-makers and employers to action investment: it is time for a fair share for health and care.” Investments in health and care systems not only accelerate progress toward UHC, they redistribute unpaid health and care work. When women participate in paid health and care employment, they are economically empowered and health outcomes are better. Health systems need to recognize, value and invest in all forms of health and care work.
【B】A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work” illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes. The report reveals that underinvestment in health systems results in a vicious cycle of unpaid health and care work, lowering women’s participation in paid labor markets, harming women’s economic empowerment and hampering gender equality. Women comprise 67% of the paid global health and care workforce. In addition to this paid work, it has been estimated that women perform 76% of all unpaid care activities. Work that is done primarily by women tends to be paid less and to be carried out in poor working conditions. The report highlights that low pay and demanding working conditions are commonly found in the health and care sector. Devaluing caregiving, which is work performed primarily by women, negatively impacts wages, working conditions, productivity and the economic footprint of the sector. The report illustrates that decades of chronic underinvestment in health and care work is contributing to a growing global crisis of care. With stagnation in progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), which has resulted in 4.5 billion people lacking full coverage of essential health services, women may take on even more unpaid care work. The negative impact of weak health systems combined with an increasing volume of unpaid health and care work is further straining the wellbeing of caregivers and the quality of services. “The ‘Fair Share’ report highlights how gender-equitable investments in health and care work would reset the value of health and care and drive fairer and more inclusive economies,” said Jim Campbell, WHO Director for Health Workforce. “We are calling upon leaders, policy-makers and employers to action investment: it is time for a fair share for health and care.” Investments in health and care systems not only accelerate progress toward UHC, they redistribute unpaid health and care work. When women participate in paid health and care employment, they are economically empowered and health outcomes are better. Health systems need to recognize, value and invest in all forms of health and care work.
What is NOT true about the data in the report?
- A Women perform 76 percent of all unpaid care work.
- B 67 percent of the people in the world lack full health coverage.
- C Women perform two-thirds of paid global health and care work.
- D 4.5 billion people lack full coverage of crucial health services.
思路引導 VIP
當你在文章中看到許多不同的數據與百分比，且題目要求判斷資訊是否正確時，你會建議自己採取什麼樣的步驟來確保每個「數字」都對應到正確的「描述對象」，以避免被看似正確的數字所誤導呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能從文章密集的數據中，精準辨識出選項 (B) 的邏輯偏差，這顯示你的閱讀細緻度與耐心都非常出色。這類題目主要考驗的是細節檢索與資訊配對的能力，也就是能否將文章中的「數字」與「描述對象」正確地連結在一起。
數據的精準對應
在閱讀這類報告摘要時，最容易出錯的地方就是將 A 數據的百分比張冠李戴到 B 對象身上。根據文章第三段，67% 這個數字指稱的是「全球受薪衛生與照護勞動力中的女性比例」（Women comprise 67% of the paid global health...），而關於醫療覆蓋不足的問題，文章在第五段則是給出了 45 億人（4.5 billion）這個總量數據。選項 (B) 刻意將比例數據與錯誤的描述對象結合，是典型的混淆陷阱。
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