Take a look back at this 2019 piece on this very important day for indigenous women everywhere. As far as we're concerned, everyday should be Native Women's Equal Pay Day. And that's on periodt! nativewoman equalpay NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Women as a whole earn approximately 82 cents to every white man’s dollar. Black women are paid even less — about 67 percent of what white men are paid. But according to the National Women’s Law Center, Native American women who work full-time year-round typically earn only 58 cents for every dollar paid to their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts, which leads to a yearly loss of about $24,443 and a lifetime loss of almost $1 million.
The Indian Law Resource Center reports that more than four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence, and more than one in two have experienced sexual violence. These women also continue to endure the highest rate of sexual assault and are murdered at 10 times the national rate. Indigenous Americans born today have a shorter life expectancy than all other U.S. racial groups.
As the Anita Borg organization perfectly states: “Ultimately, this pay inequity is a reflection of the systemic oppression and erasure that Native Americans continue to face every day.”
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