Shorten the Road to Equal Pay
According to a new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), if the earnings of men and women continue to change at their current pace, the gender wage gap in the United States will not close until 2059.
Here’s what we’re doing today:
Based on the IWPR report, the gender wage gap will not close in Maryland until 2043, followed by DC in 2055, and Virginia in 2075. A girl born in the U.S. in 2017 has a life expectancy of 87 years, which means that another entire generation of girls will face a wage gap. The National Women’s Law Center also examined innovative and promising practices that employers are taking to close the gap. Read both studies and using #our100days share your thoughts and surprising statistics to your network.
Sample Tweets:
The gender wage gap will not close until 2059 according to @IWPResearch. Learn more: wawf.org/2nbfrG6 #our100days
@nwlc explores promising employer practices to close the gender wage gap: wawf.org/2o3QwrU #our100days
Did you know that #DC won’t close the gender wage gap until 2055? @IWPResearch examines state by state: wawf.org/2nbfrG6 #our100days
