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  • GUEST COMMENTARY: Equal Pay for Women Remains an Elusive Goal

    Kristin Vanpraet, Public Policy Officer|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    March 12, 2024 is Equal Pay Day; however, this is no celebration. Despite the Equal Pay Act being introduced more than 60 years ago, gender and racial pay gaps persist. Women bring enormous value to the U.S. economy but due to systemic sexism and decades of discrimination, women are still paid, on average, just 84 cents for every dollar paid to a man. This gap only worsens when we include women working part-time or seasonally-widening to 78 cents. A woman must work an a...

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