Equal Pay Day is April 4 - the day that marks how far into 2017, on average, USA women had to work to equal what men earned in 2016.
In a 2016 study by Pew Research Center, it was discovered that, while all women lag behind white men in the pay gap, "white and Asian women have narrowed the wage gap with white men to a much greater degree than black and Hispanic women".
New Jersey's "Equal Pay Day" - the date when women's salaries catch up to men's from the year before - actually arrived a couple days earlier.
Kathy Scott, co-president of the American Association of University Women of Idaho, says the higher wage gap for Idaho mothers, who make 64 cents for every dollar fathers make, can make life hard.
It took until April 4, 2017 for women in the United States to earn as much money as men had earned in 2016, if you start counting both at the beginning of a year ago. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, which established the principle of equal pay for equal work for women in the workforce. Statistically, the pay gap is even worse for women of color.
"Helping women to reach their full potential isn't only the right thing to do, it makes good economic sense and is good for British business".
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Then-presidential candidate Donald TrumpDonald TrumpIvanka Trump tweets support for Equal Pay Day Trump administration reviewing "extreme vetting" policies: report Don't give Michael Flynn immunity - lock him up MORE also supported equal pay, but he did not address how he would implement the change in policy. Back in 1996, women made, on average, 74-percent of what men made.
While Equal Pay Day provides a useful opportunity to address the issue of unequal pay between the sexes, it's important to remember that the wage gap doesn't affect all women at the same rate.
April 4th is a clear reminder, the wage gap still exists.
Brands participating in the #20PercentCounts campaign include Lyft (which, aside from offering a 20-percent discount will also donate 20 percent of its profits on Equal Pay Day to various women's organizations), LUNA, Procter & Gamble, and Salesforce.
The disparity for women is larger in Kansas, at 77 cents on the dollar, and in Missouri, at 78 cents, compared to the national average. Organizers say that means Alabama women lose a combined $11 billion every year because of the gap.
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