Money is power, and women aren’t getting their share of it.
In America, men earn 20% more than women, and that disparity is even greater for women of color. Now is the time to close that gap—and these are the women doing it.
You’ve probably heard of—and experienced—the wage gap: the reality that the average woman makes 80 cents on the dollar (even less for women of color) when compared to men.
Those numbers look particularly glaring in the light of movements like Time’s Up and #MeToo—and the issues are inextricably linked, as activist Ai-jen Poo pointed out in an essay for our Equal Pay package. Not only does the same sexism that underlies harassment and gender discrimination also fuel the wage gap, but financial stability is also key to being able to say goodbye to a job with hostile working conditions.
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