Underfunding and privatizing essential public services keeps the gender pay gap stuck at 32%
Recognized globally, Equal Pay Day is a non-partisan day of international action calling on government leaders to advance women's economic equality.
- Recognized globally, Equal Pay Day is a non-partisan day of international action calling on government leaders to advance women's economic equality.
- “The average annual gender pay gap has been stuck at 32% for three decades,” says Fay Faraday, Equal Pay Coalition co-chair.
- Arab women are the lowest paid in Ontario’s labour market and face a 47% gender pay gap.
- Underfunding and privatizing the vital public services that are overwhelmingly delivered by women, is a key driver of the gender pay gap.