In Iceland, an example of what happens if you actually elect women

[riversedge]

Some days, I really do not think the US will ever achieve equality of the sexes.


In Iceland, an example of what happens if you actually elect women


https://thinkprogress.org/in-iceland-its-now-illegal-to-pay-women-less-than-men-68e5a633a8d8/



Not a coincidence.
Judd Legum
Jan 1, 2018, 2:00 pm


Iceland is not waiting for the gender pay gap to fix itself.

Starting January 1, 2018, it is now illegal for employers to pay women less than men. In Iceland, both public and private employers with 25 employees or more will need obtain government certification of equal pay policies. Organizations that fail to obtain the certification will face fines.

The country, according to the 2017 Global Gender Gap Report, already has the most gender equity of any country. The report examines the gender gap across four dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.

The United States ranks 49th, just ahead of Kazakhstan but behind Uganda.

American women earn about 83% of what men earn in 2015. The gap has been narrowing for several decades — but very slowly. If the gender pay gaps narrows at the same rate as between 2001 and the present, women will not achieve pay equity until 2119.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. We are way overdue for this sort of reform!

We must elect more women, especially liberals. I don't know if R women would go along with equal pay.

K&R

[procon]

2. Pass the Equal Rights Amendment and stop the War on Women!

Now that women's issues are front and center of public interest, we are seeing the movement expand. Women will no longer be denied their rights to full citizenship. We won't go back. Make the ERA permanent.

[wasupaloopa]

3. There are the Margret Thatchers in the world