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Business and Professional Women’s Foundation (BPW Foundation) is the first foundation and research center in America dedicated exclusively to the interests and advancement of working women.
Equal Pay Day: Tuesday March 12, 2024
The White House: A Proclamation on National Equal Pay Day, 2024
On National Equal Pay Day, we highlight the injustice of gender wage gaps by marking how far into this year women have to work, on average, to earn what men made last year.
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National Committee on Pay Equity: March 12, 2024 is Equal Pay Day
This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.
Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men’s and women’s wages.
National Business Women’s Week
To honor the contributions of working women and employers who support working women and their families, Business and Professional Women’s Foundation celebrates National Business Women’s Week® (NBWW) every third week in October.
Women Need #EqualPay Now
Equal Pay Day represents the number of extra days women must work to be paid what men received the previous year. This year on Equal Pay Day, the White House announced steps the administration is taking to advance pay equity and promote women’s economic security.
March is Women's History Month
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX. Authored by Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to congress and a 35 year member of BPWF. (www.the74million.org)
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Why is March Women's History Month?
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