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Equal Pay Day
Workshop - BPW Awareness Campaign 29th February, CSW 56, New York
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Subjects I want to discuss
• 1. Facts
• 2. EPD Awareness Campaign
• 3. The Spread of EPD
• 4. Interesting ideas how to reach a large number of people
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • BPW e.V., Past President 2004-2008, Chair, Equal Pay Day Taskforce
Basic Facts
• A wage gap exists at all levels, in all countries
• Lower wage rates = lower lifetime earnings
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chai, Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany , Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
International Pay Gaps (2010) Data published by the Parliament of Canada
Reasons for the Income Gap
• Gender stereotypes
• Gender roles – Women working part-time
– Working in lower-paying trades
– Interrupting careers more often for care-giving in their families
– Fewer women work in executive positions than men
– Not negotiating salaries as much as men
• The way boys and girls choose their careers
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
EPD Awareness Campaign
In 2009, BPW started
the Equal Pay Day
Awareness Campaign
at the 53r Commission
on the Status of
Women in NY
New York 2009
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
EPD Awareness Campaign
• Works for the introductions of more EPDs worldwide
• Has established networking for worldwide activities
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Calculate an EPD
Your country‘s wage gap
(in %)
5 working days/week
52 weeks/year
8
Multiply:
The number of additional days women must work to earn men‘s wages—the last of these days after the end of the financial year is the Equal Pay Day!
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
An EPD marks the end of the period of extra days in the year that women must work in order to achieve the same wages that men earned the previous fiscal year
What we do on EPD?
• 1. Go public about equal pay
• 2. wear red bags
• 3. organize events
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • BPW e.V., Past President 2004-2008, Chair, Equal Pay Day Taskforce
What We Want to Achieve
10
• A transparent salary system for companies
• Equal number of women on committees or in executive positions as men
• Inform women so they can act with more confidence
• Improved conditions for working mothers
• Discrimination-free job evaluation
• More women in full-time jobs
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
EPD Bielefeld, Germany 2011
The Spread of EPD Since then other BPW federations have established their own Equal Pay Days:
• 2009 Austria, France, The Netherlands, The UK, Australia, Switzerland
• 2010 Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, New Zeland, Italy, Luxembourg
2011 European Comission, Korea, European Union, Canada, Argentina, Greece
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
EPD 2011 was very successful worldwide
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Korea on the 21st of May 2011
Australia on the 1st of September 2011
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
New Zealand on the 18th of February 2011
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Switzerland on the 11th of March 2011
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Canada on the 18th of March 2011
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Germany on the 25th of March
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
The USA on the 12th of April 2011
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce
Austria on the 13th of April 2011
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
France on the 15 of April 2011
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
EPD 2012 is going to be even more successful
• 2nd March : 2nd European Pay Day
• 5th March: NEW! Ukraine • 7th March: Switzerland
• 15th March: France
• 18th March: Canada
• 23rd March: Germany
• 26th March: Belgium
• 29th March: NEW! Bulgaria • 5th April: Austria
• 14th April: The UK
• 15th April: Italy
• 15th April: Spain
• 17th April: The USA
• 4th June: NEW! Japan
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Interesting ideas how to reach a large number of people
• Estonia 15th of April 2010 - restaurants and cafes offer the
same meals for 2 different prices. Estonian language gives a
humorous chance playing on content words. The word „gap“ means
also „salmon“. So most of the restaurants offered salmon=gap
sandwiches, salads or soup. Meals, snacks „with dill“ refer to male
and „without dill“ to female
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
• Giant Slalom in Germany,
• Hildesheim organized a bike race through the number “23” for the wage gap percentage.
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Lining national monuments
Brandenburg Gate
American Embassy Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
American Embassy Berlin
• Berlin, Germany Shops offer 23 % discount for women
at an „Unhappy Hours“ and others, like cafes, hairdressers, wellness clubs and gyms.
• www.23-procent.de updates a list of participating stores every year
• 2010 – over 40 participating stores • 2011 – about 90 participating stores • 2012 - we are expecting over 100 !!!
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
• Germany, Equal Pay Day 2011 with IKEA
Women‘s favourite IKEA articles at 23 % (pay gap in Germany) reduced price for one week in 45 IKEA chain – stores.
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Red „ London Bus“ in Göttingen, Germany
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
• Movie evening in Switzerland and Germany: „We want sex“ is a british movie, that dramatises the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 that aimed for equal pay for women
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
• It is important to involve the male Members of Parlament and politicians in the compain of EPD because „pay equity is everyone’s issue“
• Mambers of Parlament, New Zealand
• Male politicians for EPD, Australia
• Member of Parlament, Germany • Dr Bettina Schleicher
• Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day Taskforce BPW International
Don‘t forget the red EPD balloons and postcards
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Release red air balloons
Catchy video clips for EPD:
• Austria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnbizpT3q_c
• Belgium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG67ZFBO1DE&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xCc1B5M76Kg
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3R8kwauHgQ
• The USA:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJITEj_qIkE&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yad6r_xC00&feature=related
• Australia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLln3KmMT7M&feature=player_embedded
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
• Create your national Equal Pay Day website like:
• Switzerland: www.equalpayday.ch • Germany: www.equalpayday.de • Austria: www.equalpayday.at • Austrialia: www.equalpayday.com.au • Belgium: www.equalpayday.be • Czech Republic: www.equalpayday.cz
• Update all news about the EPD campaign in your country on the international activity portal
www.equal-pay-day.com
that helps propagate the EPD awereness campaign by showing the Equal Pay Day Events from all
over the world
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International
Thank you for your attention
• Dr Bettina Schleicher • Past President 2004-2008 BPW Germany, Chair Equal Pay Day
Taskforce BPW International