European Gender Pay Gap Campaign

The European Commission has, today, (3 March 2009) launched an information campaign in all EU countries about the gender pay gap.

The gender pay gap is 17.4% across Europe. There has been little progress in reducing it in recent years. In fact, in some Member States the gap is even widening.

The EU states that the pay gap is linked to a number of complex causes which are frequently interrelated: the undervaluing of women’s work, segregation in the labour market, traditions and stereotypes, and problems in balancing work and private life. The gender pay gap is the consequence of all these factors and inequalities in the labour market. The campaign aims to raise public awareness of the gender pay gap and to explain how it can be tackled.

More information about the European gender pay gap campaign can be found here.