Bridging the gap

BPW Australia has advocated for equal pay for work of equal value for over 70 years. In April 2009 BPW Australia determined to galvanise advocacy around the issue of equal pay and gender inequity joined the Equal Pay Alliance . The Equal Pay Alliance represents Australian employer and employee organisations, including business, union and community groups who have joined together to pursue practical action to ensure women’s work is properly valued and that decades of inequity are brought to an end.

Australia’s national gender pay gap was then 17.3% – and growing – making any action even more urgent. BPW Australia also knew that both employers and employees had to be engaged to bring about significant change.

Visit www.equalpayday.com.au to find out more about the Equal Pay Alliance.