By Rachel Aldred:
Over 30 years since the Equal Pay Act outlawed discrimination against women in the workplace, the pay gap between men and women is still staggering.
Women in full-time jobs pocket only 78 pence for every pound men earn.
The gap grows even wider when you consider that four times more women than men work part-time.
Including part-time and full-time work, the gap between the “median” wage for men and women – one measure of average pay – is almost £10,000 a year …
The pay gap is one of the starkest indications that women continue to be devalued and oppressed.
Kate Bellamy of the UK’s Fawcett Society agrees that women are still paid less than men:
Close the worsening pay gap that causes women’s financial dependence on partner or state
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