[news] Women, Are You Worth 45% Less Than Men?

[Resist!ca]

"The wage gap based on gender is still putting women at a significant financial disadvantage when compared to men in similar, or even the same, jobs, with equal qualifications. According to the American Association of University Women/AAUW (www.aauw.org/payequity), last year working women, with year round, full time employment, earned 24% less than males with the same employment perimeters. We see women of color taking the brunt of this inequity as well, with African American women receiving 34% less than men, and Latinas earning 45% less than men. It takes approximately 16 months of a woman's labor to equal 12 months of a man's."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/4/26/132939/841