Today is Equal Pay Day: How Can We Finally Close the Gender Wage Gap?
April 14, 2015
If you are a woman reading this, you may have been essentially working for free until today.
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The Wage Gap is About Women’s Opportunities, Not Just Their Choices
April 14, 2015
Today, April 14, is Equal Pay Day – a date selected in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity to represent how far into the year the average American woman must work to earn what the average American man earned the previous year.
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Gender Wage Gap in Eight Charts
April 14, 2015
Most women will never earn as much as men in their lifetimes.
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Education Alone Won’t Put An End to Equal Pay Days
April 14, 2015
Today is Equal Pay Day, the dismal holiday where women celebrate the fact that, on average, their earnings have caught up to what men made in one year last year, given that when they work full-time, year-round they make just 78 percent of what men make.
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What The Wage Gap Costs You — In 3 Startling Charts
April 14, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, is Equal Pay Day — a day set aside to raise awareness about the pay gap between men's and women's salaries. According to current estimates, it's at $.78, meaning women working full-time earn, on average, 22 cents less for every dollar that men earn.
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5 Things You Don’t Know About the Wage Gap
April 14, 2015
Yes, women still earn just 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. Here’s what you need to know about pay equality–or lack thereof.
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The Hidden Sexism Lurking Behind the Pay Gap
April 14, 2015
Let’s stop arguing about how much of the pay gap is due to women’s “choices.” Those choices are often products of sexism hidden from view.
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Closing The Gender Wage Gap Could Pull Half of Working Single Moms Out of Poverty
April 10, 2015
More women than ever financially support their families. And with American women today earning 78.3 cents for every dollar a man makes, female workers who struggle economically often face a steeper climb to prosperity than their male counterparts.
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Women Are Poorer Than Men in Every State
April 9, 2015
New findings from IWPR expose disturbing disparities in poverty levels nationwide. Despite obtaining higher levels of education, women—particularly those of color—are poorer than men.
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Study: Women Are Better Educated, But Poorer, Than Men
April 9, 2015
The report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) on women’s poverty and opportunity finds that despite significant gains in educational achievement, women earn less and have higher poverty levels than men in all 50 states.
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