Equal Pay Day—Rally Around Those Most Affected by COVID-19

From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/):

We’re all feeling it — the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means for our loved ones and our collective future, and we cannot ignore the many ways in which the coronavirus crisis is a gendered one, especially today on Equal Pay Day – which marks how far into 2020 women must work to catch up to what men were paid last year.

The virus is already greatly impacting women and moms’ financial security, and this is disproportionately the case for low-income women of color, who are overrepresented in many essential frontline jobs and industries experiencing massive layoffs.

>>> This Equal Pay Day, we must rally around the women and moms in our communities who are most impacted by the COVID-10 pandemic.

Go to https://www.momsrising.org/blog/how-to-celebrate-equal-pay-day-in-the-middle-of-the-covid-19-pandemic to check out our Equal Pay Day blog post with options for you to quickly and easily raise awareness about how the coronavirus pandemic is most impacting women who are already facing pay inequity and poverty to help stop unfair pay.

Pay inequity and the thousands of dollars that women lose each year to the wage gap (an average of over $10,000 annually!) have left women, moms, and their families dangerously vulnerable to the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic. [1]

It is no coincidence that the commonsense policies necessary for curbing COVID-19 outbreaks and keeping families financially secure right now – like paid sick days and paid family/medical leave – also help close the gender wage gap. [2]

Can you lend your voice to help amplify *Equal Pay Day 2020* online and raise awareness about what women and families need from lawmakers to weather the coronavirus storm and build long term economic security?

Together, we are a powerful force for women and families.