On 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, 45 More Years Needed to Close Gender Wage Gap in the U.S.
On March 8, 2011, the hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day, women will have made great gains in terms of education and employment, but new IWPR research shows how the gender wage gap continues to impact women’s earnings. If the wage gap continues to close at its current pace, it will be 2056 before women see the same earnings— for full-time, year-round work— as men. Read the press release and watch NBC news story, citing IWPR's new research.
