Alliance MP Liz Gordon will highlight the issue of equal pay for women in a number of speaking engagements in Dunedin
tomorrow.
From the first day that women go to work, there is a gender pay gap. The higher the qualifications, the higher the
average pay and the bigger the gap.
Even though individual women may do very well, there are signs that the pay gap is widening overall, especially in the
high paying parts of the state sector. This is despite the fact that women have outperformed men at nearly all levels of
the education system for a number of years.
Liz Gordon Itinerary 3 August 2001 - Dunedin
8pm 'Empowerment' Women's Week Breakfast Otago University Students Association Clubs and Societies Centre Albany St
Dunedin
12pm Liz Gordon will present her paper (co-authored with Missy Morton) 'Women - well educated and
poorly paid: Gender pay discrimination in the public service' University Staff Women's Caucus Evison
Lounge Clubs and Societies Centre Albany St Dunedin
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