Ngokwesilinganiso, abesifazane abatholi umholo olinganayo ngokwenza imisebenzi efanayo amadoda abenzayo. Akufanele kuphela abesifazane bathole inkokhelo efanele ngoba bayifanele, kodwa ngoba kuyoba kuhle kumnotho we-US. Cabanga ngalokhu: Amaphesenti angama-41 abesifazane basuke benomthombo owodwa wemali engenayo kanti abesifazane banikela ngamaphesenti angama-83 emkhiqizo wesizwe.
Abesifazane Bachitha Imali Engaphezu Kwabantu, Ngalokho Basondeza Umnotho
Ngokusho kocwaningo oluthile olwenziwa yi-WomenCertified, inhlangano yabesifazane yokugqugquzela abathengi kanye nenhlangano yokuqeqesha ngokudayisa, abesifazane basebenzisa u-$ 4 trillion minyaka yonke, balinganiselwa kuma-83% kuwo wonke ama-US Consumer spending - noma, okwesibalo sezimbili zomkhiqizo wesizwe esivelele.
Cishe ingxenye yesine yazo yonke imidlalo yevidiyo ithengwa ngabathengi abaneminyaka engama-40 nangaphezulu, kanti u-38% wabo bonke ukudlala kwegeyimu yevidiyo kwenziwa ngabesifazane. Eqinisweni, ngisho nalapho kuziwa "emikhiqizweni" yamadoda kuhlanganise nezinto zezemidlalo nezimoto ezibizayo, abesifazane basasebenzisa okungaphezu kwamadoda.
Umthamo wesikhathi somthetho ukuthinta inkokhelo yabesifazane
Ngo-1963, uMongameli John Kennedy wasayina uMthetho we-Equal Pay Act. Kodwa lo mthetho awusizo. Ngokusho kukaDawn Rosenberg McKay, Umhlahlandlela Wokuhlela Umsebenzi:
"Abaqashi abahlali njalo behambisana ne-Equal Pay Act ka-1963 noma ngeminye imithetho edinga ukulingana okulingana nomsebenzi ofanayo. Ngonyaka Wezimali 2006 (Okthoba 1, 2005 kuya ku-Septhemba 30, 2006), iKhomishana ye-Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) wathola izikhalazo ezingu-861 mayelana nokucwaswa kwemali, okubandakanya izikhalazo zabaqashi abaphula umthetho we-Equal Pay Act, Isihloko VII soMthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu, uMthetho Wokucwaswa Ngokweminyaka Emisebenzini kanye noMthetho Wamazwe Abakhubazekile (I-Charge Statistics: FY 1997 ngo-FY 2006. "
- Umthetho we-Equal Pay
- Imithetho yama-Federal US Employment
Ngonyaka ka-2007 uBarack Obama wethule uMthetho wokuBuyiselwa kwe-Fair Pay; ihluliwe eSenate (uJohn McCain akazange abonise ukuvota).
Ngonyaka ka-2007 uMthetho we-Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay ka-2007 usungulwe. U-Obama wasekela lo mthethosivivinywa, uMcCain uvote cha. UMthethosivivinywa udlulisele iSénate.
- Umthetho Wokubuyiselwa Kwe-Fair Pay
- Umthetho we- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay ka-2007
- Kungani uJohn McCain Vote Against Equal Pay?
Ngesinye isikhathi, Siyaqhubeka Ukukhokha Amakhosikazi Amadoda AseMisebenzi Efanayo
- Igebe lomholo phakathi kwamadoda nabesifazane linciphisa ngamaphesenti angaphansi kwesigamu ngonyaka. Yengeza ukwehla kwamanani emali kanye nezindleko ezengeziwe zokuphila nabesifazane benza okubi kakhulu, hhayi kangcono ngoba imithetho ekhokhwayo yokukhokha yenziwa.
- Ngo-2006, bonke abesifazane abahlangene bazuze amasheya angu-77 kuphela kuwo wonke ama dollar athola amadoda.
- Abesifazane baseMelika baseMelika bathola ngamasenti angu-63 kuphela kudola elizuzwe amadoda.
- Abesifazane baseSpain baseMelika bathola amasheya angu-52 nje kuphela kudola elizuzwe amadoda.
NgokukaKatherine Lewis, Isiqondiso Sokusebenza Amama, izibalo ezingenhla zimbi nakakhulu:
"Izibalo zikaHulumeni zikhombisa ukuthi abesifazane bakhokhelwa ngamasenti angu-77 kuphela edoli ngalinye elitholwa ngamadoda. Kodwa uMoms Rising uthi ukuqoqa izinombolo kubonisa isimo esibucayi: abesifazane" bathola u-10% ngaphansi kwabalingani babo besilisa; omama bathola u-27% ngaphansi; omama abangashadile bathola phakathi kuka-34% no-44% ngaphansi. "
Ukungaphumeleli ukukhokhela okulinganayo kwabesifazane abafanelekile kungabangeli ubuhlungu abesifazane kuphela nemindeni yabo, kubika umnotho wase-US.
- Imisebenzi Ekhokha Abesifazane Imali Eningi