Celebrate Equal Pay Day and Sign Childcare Petition Now
April 9, 2019
April 9, 2019 marks #EqualPayDay, the day when some women finally earn the same wage that men did in 2018. Yes, women in Canada still make roughly 30 per cent less than men. This pay gap is even larger for women from marginalized communities.
The gender pay gap is a global phenomenon. Many women around the world are still waiting for their #EqualPayDay. Pay discrimination is a reality for women across all sectors, and all countries, and other forms of discrimination compound it.
Campaign 2000 is working with a number of national partners on a childcare for all campaign leading up to the October federal election, and our partners include Oxfam Canada, Childcare for All coalition, YWCA Canada and others.
Here are two actions you can take today!
1) Join us: Help raise awareness about #EqualPayDay by sharing the above information with your friends, family and other groups and by sharing this message on Facebook!
2) Did you know? Lack of access to affordable child care keeps women out of the labour market. Affordable childcare for all would help close the gender pay gap and improve gender equality more broadly. Take action today to close the gender pay gap! Tell all federal parties to pledge support for a major investment in childcare. Send a message now!
Canada is in a childcare crisis, with the cost of childcare to families rising at three times the rate of inflation in some places. Be a #ChildCareChampion by letting all federal parties know you want #AffordableChildCare for everyone.
It’s time for all federal parties to support a childcare system that families across Canada can afford! Tell them today at: www.childcareforall.ca