Latest News Equal Pay Day International Campaign 2011

In each country, the Equal Pay Day date is linked to the national pay gap: because it takes a woman till this day to earn as much money as her male counterpart earned for the previous calendar year.

New Zealand: on February 18. Read this article to see what BPWNZ President, Angela McLeod, has initiated for Red Bag Day.

European Commission : on March 5 : 17,5% pay gap. More

Switzerland: on March 11 : 19,3% pay gap between women and men : www.equalpayday.ch
BPW Ticino is organizing a big Equal Pay Day event with the presence of Mme Simoneschi-Cortesi,  a national council member.

Canada :on March 18, more

Germany : on March 25 : 23% pay gap www.equalpayday.de and sign the petition !

Belgium : on March 30 : 26% pay gap more

Austria: on April 14 : 27% pay gap www.equalpayday.at

France : on April 15 : 16,5% pay gap more

Australia : on September 2011 : 19% pay gap www.equalpayday.com.au

Europe

Gender pay gap in %, 2009, sources : eurostats

Gender Pay Gap in Europe : Map, Gender Pay Gap in Europe : Graph.

Read all about Equal Pay Day in Europe on the bpw-europe website

More on Equal Pay Day



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