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Closing the Gender Pay Gap:

Equal Pay Day 2013

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Why does Equal Pay matter?

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Positive benefits of closing the pay gap

Closing the gender pay gap has benefits for employers and workers• Creates quality jobs• Attracts the best and most talented workers• Creates a positive working environment• Increases productivity and competitiveness

Closing the gender pay gap makes the economy more profitable• Women play a vital role in Europe’s employment and growth.• Their skills and talents are necessary for economic and social development

Closing the gender pay gap creates a more equal society• Valuing women’s skills can improve their economic independence.• Fewer women will be in poverty, particularly upon retirement


When women earn more,they support the economy

• Women are the main purchaser in the family – their spendings support the economy.

When women earn more, they can spend more

• higher productivity is in the interests of the whole economy. • A UK study suggests that a decrease in the gender pay gap

would significantly increase productivity and that £23b would be added to the UK economy. A study done in New Zealand by Goldman Sachs estimates that closing the gender pay gap would boost GDP by 10%.

Paying women more leads to an increase in productivity

Reduce the gender pay gap and more money will be spend in the economy!

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When women earn the same as men both feel better

When women earn the same as men, both feel better.• They are equal and the financial burden is

split equally between men and women.

It takes away the burden from men

• to be the main breadwinner. Women and men look each other eye to eye in the family.

Women need to be valued equally

• An engaged workforce is a happy workforce and it is more productive than a demotivated one.

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When women earn more, the whole family benefits

A woman is more likely to spend her

money on her family

This is good for everyone in the

family.

When women earn more money, they spend more on the education of their

kids.

They help the next generation to have a better

future.

When women earn more, they can

spend more money for pension

funds

This will reduce poverty at

retirement.


This is what we need:

Equal Pay for Work of Equal

Value

to empower women and

their families

for a better future of the

next generation

to increase the productivity of

our economies.


What is Equal Pay Day?


What is Equal Pay Day (EPD)?

► Equal Pay Day symbolizes the day until which women

have to work longer to earn the same salary as men

earned the year before.

► Equal Pay Day is a calculated day depending on the

pay gap of each country.

► The goal is that Equal Pay day will be earlier each year

according to the development of the pay gap in the

country.

► At Equal Pay day there are activities and events in each

country to raise awareness for this still existing pay gap.


The Goals of Equal Pay Day

Raising awareness

and mobilization

To force governments

and companies to change their wage policy

Making the “unknown and illegal“ pay gap a topic in the media and

in the companies

Through media

coverage the pay gap becomes a subject of

public discussion

The goal is: Equal Pay Day will be earlier each year as the pay gap

decreases or even

disappears


Pay gap(e.g.

19,3 %)

AverageWorking

daysper year*

(225)

Additional Working

days (49) =11th March

11th March Switzerland

19,3 %

25th March Germany

23 %

13th April Austria

27 %

* Depending on number of holidays in the country

Dates of the first EPD

countries in 2011

How to calculate the date(figures of Switzerland as example)


The symbol of Equal Pay Day: A Red bag

On Equal Pay Day women and supporting men wear a red bag

Red stands for red numbers.

The red bag stands for red numbers in women‘s pockets.

Italy

SpainFrance

Germany


BPW is driving Equal Pay Day forward


Activities and events by BPW Federations and Clubs in BPW Europe in 23 countries in 2013!


BPW Germany is the leading Equal Pay Day Federation

Started in 2008 with 40 events/activities

With 760 events/activities in 2012

Financial support through federal ministry of family affairs

Thematic focuses:2012: Composition of wages

2013: Wage setting in health professions


Webpages for more information:www.equalpayday.org


Equal Pay Day in Argentina

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STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

Mariela Dabbah is an award winning author, speaker and consultant on education, careers and women's empowerment. Regularly contributes to television stations nationwide including CNN, Univision and Telemundo, on radio and online platforms such as Huffington Post, AOL Latino, and Fox News. He has presented at some of the largest U.S. corporations such as Procter and Gamble, Exxon / Mobil, McDonald's, Citigroup and at universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Columbia. She is the founder of Latinos in College, an NGO dedicated to increasing the number of Latino students who graduate from universities in the United States. She graduated in Arts at the University of Buenos Aires and lives in New York since 1988.

POWER OF WOMEN BOOK

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BPW EQUAL PAY DAY

RED SHOES CAMPAIGN

CONGRESSMANFRANCISCO QUINTANA


LEARNING & HAVING FUN

HUMOR IS GOOD TO LEARN

DEBATE IS GOOD TO ENRICH

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TWO CAMPAIGNS

ONE MISSION

EMPOWER WOMEN TO LEAD BUSINESS


First results and good practices


Equal Pay Day activities show results!

Those countries who started early, now see the progress (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

Pay gap has been reduced in these countries after 3 - 4 years and Equal Pay Day is earlier now.

Equal Pay is regularly in the media in the EPD countries and awareness has increased.


11 March Switzerland

19,3 %

25 March Germany

23 %

13 April Austria

27 %

Dates of the first EPD countries in 2011

Equal Pay Day shows first results: it is earlier in some countries.

7th March Switzerland

18,4 %

23rd March Germany

23 %

5th April Austria

25%

Dates in 2012 were earlier


Good practices for Equal Pay Day

The creativity for campaigns and activities in BPW federations is amazing.

The more creative they are, the more interesting to the media.

Campaigns with humor are very attractive for the media (France, Estonia).

Financial support is sometimes granted by a ministry or the EU.

Cooperation with other women organisations, trade-unions and trade associations (Germany)

The more collaborating partners the more activities.


Tools for companies

There are tools in some countries to analyse the salaries of women and men within companies (with more than 50 employees)

For Example– Equal Salary (in Switzerland to be paid)

Companies receive certification and label– Logib (in Switzerland and Germany for free)

Encourage companies to use these tools to reduce the pay gap internally and to become an attractive employer for women!


Organize Equal Pay Day Events 2013 in your country!

Send us pictures and text for the EPD website

Inform us about your planned activities and announce them on your website.

Promote to wear a red bag at your Equal Pay Day

Start an “Equal Pay Day” in all countries worldwide!

Together we can make the change!


Sabine Schmelzer

Regional Coordinator Europe

[email protected]

www.bpw-europe.org

Contacts and further information concerning Equal Pay Day

and BPW

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