So, happy international women's day for yesterday! I think I already told you something about our plans for this "holiday". If yes, I'm going to repeat myself -- sorry about that. If you remember, some days ago we "celebrated" the pay gap day, and based on the inequalities we had a compensational idea. "We" in this case means the Women's Group at the Amnesty International Hungary -- our team gets more and more excited when thinking about actions :) so, since men get more money for the same job than women, (in the EU, the difference is 17%), we wanted a reverse day -- and what can be more symbolic than women's day?!
We distributed free biscuits
on Deák tér, which is a central place in Budapest, but the trick was that while
women got a full portion, men received only a half... just to highlight the pay
discrimination in a more creative way. We offered the sweets for free but we
had an honesty box -- you can guess that only a few people donated some coins.
It is not surprising, people usually don't pay much attention to these things.
So, please if you can, support us, help! (donation option under the help tab).
Fortunately we met some
really nice persons who were interested in our work, asked a lot of questions
not just about the situation of women but also about the organization. And...
imagine, a friendly old grandpa even brought us some flowers! Conclusion: we
should continue what we do because there are people outside who trust us and
thinks that we, "people" can change the world.
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