Get up: Equal pay for women

Men and women in Australia are equal, right? Wrong! Can you guess, for every dollar a man earns, how much a woman earns? Here’s a hint – it’s one of the biggest gaps of all developed nations.  And even more worrying? We’re not even heading in the right direction; the gap is getting bigger. It’s a pretty sobering statistic for a country that prides itself on being egalitarian – so we’ve created a pay calculator to show just how the other half lives.

Click here to find out how much you would earn if you were the opposite sex.

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day this week and despite a century of struggle, whether it’s in the classroom or the boardroom, women across Australia are still not earning equal pay. That’s simply not good enough. But what can we do about it? From paid maternity leave to high-quality affordable childcare – a people’s movement has the power to convince politicians and corporations to actively remove the stubborn systemic inequalities that still exist, to ensure productive participation – for equal reward.