You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Report: Women Earn 16% Less than Male Counterparts

HeadlineMar 07, 2008

Demonstrations and rallies are scheduled across the globe Saturday to mark International Women’s Day. On Thursday, a new report revealed that on average women are paid 16 percent less than their male counterparts. The report on the global gender pay gap was issued by the International Trade Union Confederation.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top