International Equal Pay Day 2021: What Can You Do To Help?
International Equal Pay Day was established by the UN General Assembly (UNGA), in response to deep concern over slow progress in women’s economic empowerment, the undervaluing of work traditionally held by women, and the difficulties in tackling pay inequality.
Globally, despite decades of activism, and dozens of laws on equal pay, women still earn less than 80 cents for every dollar men do. For women with children, women of colour, women refugees and migrants, and women with disabilities, that figure is even lower.
We have work to do, both globally, and in our very own workplaces where men are more likely to be promoted to senior leadership and C-Suite positions than women.
This latest blog post by Accela Talent looks at organisations that are working towards empowerment for women and to help close the pay gap, in both advanced and developing economies.
