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Women's Day Celebration Event: Closing the Pay Divide – A step towards Women’s Empowerment and further Gender Equality

Description: On National Women’s Day, we are reminded of how many women leaders there are in our society here in the UK and back in South Africa. The empowerment of women continues and there is evidence of progress,  empowerment and gender equality all over the world but that seems to be a relatively slow process. 

The South African Chamber of Commerce UK will commemorate SA National Women’s Day under the theme:
‘Closing the Pay Divide – A step towards Women’s Empowerment and further Gender Equality’.

In Post-Apartheid South Africa, National Women’s Day has been celebrated  to pay tribute to the 20,000 women who marched to the Union Building on 9 August 1956 protesting against discriminatory pass laws. “You strike a woman, you strike a rock”, a phrase which has come to represent women’s courage and strength in South Africa. This was true in 1956 and it remains true in 2015. Women’s rights are human rights. Women are taking on significantly greater roles in business and society, although the opportunity to do so in some areas is restricted.

The UK government claim they are committed to seeing every person in our nation realise their potential. “Greater gender equality will help us to achieve this so tackling the gender pay gap is an absolute priority.” There is now a requirement for companies with more than 250 employees to publish the difference between the average pay of their male and female employees.

“The gender pay gap measures the difference between men and women’s average salaries. Its causes are numerous and varied. It cannot simply be explained by pay discrimination, which is already unlawful, and has been since campaigners successfully won the right to equal pay over forty years ago. These causes include theconcentration of women in lower paid occupations and the fact women remain far less likely to progress to senior levels – still making up only 34% of managers, directors and senior officials.” Closing the Gender Pay Gap – Consultation document by the UK Government Equalities Office.

Join us for what will be a riveting discussion with a panel of leading business women based here in the UK. A celebration of our history will follow with canapés and drinks. 

Date:  6:30pm to 9:00pm, Tue 11th Aug 2015






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