International Women’s Day Gives Focus To The Plight Of Females in Wales
Saturday 8th March was International Women’s Day and as such created a strong focus on the role of women in today’s world.
One thing is still abundantly clear though – despite all the changes we have seen in our modern world – women are still very much seen as 2nd class citizens.
This becomes even clearer when we look at the situation in the workplace.
Wales Green Party Leader Pippa Bartolotti who will be speaking at a special event being organised by the University of South Wales tomorrow commented:
“I have spent most of my life in a male dominated world, and I can tell you right now that not a lot has changed in 50 years. Women in Wales are still subject to the gender class system and currently receive 16.5% less in our pay packet than a man doing the same job. You don’t have to be a feminist to see that this is wrong on every level.”
The Wales Green Party is committed to redressing the balance and restoring gender equality across the board.
Highlighting this fact in a recent statement Bartolotti shared her original reasons for becoming a Wales Green Party member:
“Fortunately almost every man belonging to the Green Party is a feminist, and that, along with a duty not to trash the environment on which we all depend, is why I joined up. Greens would abolish the gender pay gap for good. True equality is a long time coming, and it will not be handed to us on a plate. Until we resist this type of repression, we will never succeed in eliminating any other form of repression.”
Pippa Bartolotti will be speaking at a special event at the University of South Wales, Trefforest Campus in the Student Union (Eclipse) on 12th March as part of a wider focus from International Womens Day