Every day women are short changed. Are you?

Women working full-time, year-round in Australia are paid only about 83 cents for every dollar earned by men in similar roles - and that's an improvement over last year!

Pay equity is a moral fundamental in an equal society. It raises family income which means more money to spend on food, housing, superannuation/savings and child care - everyone can benefit from pay equity.

Equal Pay Day in Australia is brought alive by BPW Australia.  

BPW Australia provides opportunities for women to lead and grow by getting involved in women‘s issues.

Equal Pay Day is supported by an alliance of over 100 organisations.

Take our quick survey so we can do more to shrink the gender pay gap.

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Not sure about the gender pay gap? Here are the facts:

• A 17% gender pay gap costs the Australian economy around $93 Billion
• Some women in CEO and finance positions earn less than half of their male equivalents
• The average superannuation payout to a woman is projected to be $150,000, that’s half of the average payout to a man in 2010-11
• The 17.2% gender pay gap is a national average that opens up to over 30% in some industry sectors
• Equal pay for women raises family income which means more money to spend on food, housing and child care
• Single mothers and working families lose thousands of dollars annually to the wage gap
• A NATSEM report released in March 2010 shows that simply being a woman accounts for 60% of the difference between men's and women's earnings
• If things don't change, the average 25 year old male will earn $2.4M over the next forty years; for the average 25 year old female, that figure is just $1.5M