Press Release: EU launches campaign to tackle gender pay gap

On 3 march, 2009, the European Commission launched an EU-wide campaign to help tackle the gender pay gap. Across the EU economy, women earn on average 17.4% less than men. The simple concept of 'equal pay for work of equal value' is at the heart of the campaign being launched in the context of International Women's Day on 8 March to raise awareness of the pay gap, its causes, and how to tackle it.

European Commission: MEMO/09/91: EU campaign on the gender pay gap http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/91&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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