So what is this about? What's this gap? The
gender pay gap is the average difference between men's and women's
hourly earnings. This gap reflects ongoing discrimination and
inequalities in the labor market which, in practice, mainly affect women. Getting 17% less than you deserve? Women
in Europe experience this everyday... so
this day, the "pay gap day" is another opportunity to highlight the problem.
In addition, our
Women's Group at the Amnesty International organizes an event for women's day
(March 8) that will also emphasize the inequalities. According to our plan, we
will sell cookies and their prices will be in direct proportion with the
average salaries women and men receive for the same job. Thus, men will have to
pay more for the same portion. This is our compensation. But, I am going to
write about this project in a later post -- I mentioned here only as an
introduction.
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