Exhale reposted this
Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. According to The State of Self Care for Black Women Report by Exhale 53% of the women surveyed said they don’t believe their current work environment provides supportive resources for them. This support includes pay equity. “Black women face many barriers to achieving pay equity, including pay discrimination, occupational segregation, racial and gender-based disparities in salaries, retirement savings, student loan debt, and other factors limiting the ability to build wealth. Black women typically earn only 66 cents on the dollar to what white, non-Hispanic men make, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is one of those yearly observances we don’t celebrate as a holiday—it’s more of a reminder, a marker, a warning.” *Excerpt from National Organization for Women (NOW). #equalpay #blackwomensequalpayday #equity #payequity #equalpayday