What does fair pay mean to you? Equality? Justice? Respect for
your work? Although the right to equal pay for equal work means
different things to different women, for some women access to
equal pay means the difference between having the financial
ability to make one of the most fundamental decision in life –
when and if to have a child. The cost of reproductive health and
family planning services is prohibitive for many women.
Especially in the current economic crisis, it is becoming
increasingly difficult for women to access and pay for the
services they need to make responsible choices for themselves
and their families. So what does fair pay mean, in dollars and
cents? Well, let’s say you make around $13,500 per year
(approximately what you would make working 40 hours a week at
the federal minimum wage). Since women make 78¢ for every $1.00
a man makes, a man in your position could expect to make an
extra $2,970.00 for the year. That amount of money would
certainly come in handy for the average American w