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Mind the Gap: Myth-Busting the Pay Gap
…"The pay gap exists because women have children"…"Men are more aggressive at finding better paid work"…"If the pay gap did exist employers would only hire women"…"Men work longer and more productively than women"&…
YUSU Women's Committee invite you a forum to discuss the Pay Gap and its myths from an economic, political, historical and personal perspective.
Four speakers: Karen Mumford from the Economics department, Allison Drew from the Politics Department, Helen Smith from the English Department and Charlie Leyland the YUSU Academic Officer will give short speeches to introduce the topic and raise issues which surround it. There will then be time for a question and answer session in which you can get to grips with the often confusing topic of the gender pay gap.
Thursday 18th February 6.15 – 7.15 in Alcuin: AEW/004
