Equal Pay Day
Equal Pay Day is commemorated annually, when groups organize nationally to raise awareness of the gender wage gap throughout the country. The lack of paid family leave exacerbates these pay gaps daily, and achieving paid family leave for all women will be crucial in achieving equal pay for all women.
Women and Girls Foundation and Equal Pay Day
Hundreds of women and men have attended previous Equal Pay Day activities in Southwest PA since 2006. WGF has partnered with local organizations to bring you Equal Pay Day activities in Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
When the Women and Girls Foundation first began efforts to raise awareness of the wage gap and remedy this issue in Southwest PA, women were making less than 70 cents for every dollar a white man was making. Since then, WGF has worked with city and county leaders throughout the region to pass wage equity legislation and to support the issue of fair pay for women. Today, women are making 75 cents to a white man’s dollar. We have made change happen in our region, but there is still significant work to be done in Southwest PA and throughout the state to close the gap for women in Pennsylvania.
Learn more:
- View the printable PDF fact sheets from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research
- Read “The Not So Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap” 2025 update from the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Join the Movement!
Just take a picture holding the ‘Will Work for Equality’ sign (or create your own) and take the Equality Pledge. Then, send us both documents to info@wgfpa.org, and we’ll share your story online!
Dr. Goddess’s Poem
View the poem by Dr. Goddess entitled I Apologize: An Open Poem to My Mother (Freda C. Ellis) and All Hardworking Women Who Are Misunderstood.