Women work so hard worldwide - time to pay them decently!
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Women at workEqual Pay Day: Women earn more
More and more women in Germany have a paid job. In 2002, 61.8 percent were employed, in 2012 71.5 percent.
17.7 million women between the ages of 20 and 64 in Germany are thus gainfully employed.
However, Germany is not ahead of the pack in terms of Europe: in the Netherlands (71.9%), Denmark (72.2%), Finland (72.5%) and Sweden (76.8%) are according to the statistics Federal Office more women working.
And also in all other countries of the world: The work of women is essential for society, for their families, for the good of the state. But most of the time, the thick coal makes the men mostly.
In Africa, for example, women do 70 percent of the work in agriculture - but they own only 12 percent of the land titles.
On average, women also earn less in Germany than men. Be it because they have worse career opportunities because of family planning or because they are simply simply discriminated against. In 2015, this so-called "gender pay gap" is 22 percent. This translates into 79 days that women have to work more than men a year to get the average salary of their male counterparts.
Let's talk about money!
Every year, Equal Pay Day commemorates this injustice, which has changed little in recent years. 2015 is the day of action under the motto "Transparency". For an important step to more equality would be to finally put the cards on the table and talk openly about salaries. Because that is still a big taboo, in the end, especially the women suffer.
Information about nationwide actions for the "Equal Pay Day" can be found on equalpayday.de.
