Organizers around the world have called for women to strike today. Work walkouts and demonstrations are planned for more than 50 countries, according to the International Women’s Strike USA website.
The strikes are supposed to show the “enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to our socio-economic system — while receiving lower wages and experiencing greater inequities, vulnerability to discrimination, sexual harassment, and job insecurity,” according to the call to action posted by the leaders of the Women’s March, which mobilized hundreds of thousands of Americans the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. In the United States, the movement has been dubbed A Day Without a Woman, a name that echoes the Day Without Latinos strikes that pro-immigrant groups held this year and last.
It’s no surprise that women’s groups should choose a strike as a form of activism. The discrimination that women face often takes the form of work-related injustice, as Pacific Standard has frequently reported. Below are three important ways women suffer from work and pay inequality — plus how to fix them.
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