The Persistent: The Gender Pay Gap Is Even Worse for Disabled Women
October 21. 2026
The Persistent quotes Equal Pay Today (a project of ERA) in an article about Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day:
The day is part of a campaign by Equal Pay Today, a pay equity initiative housed at the nonprofit Equal Rights Advocates, which draws attention to the many ways gender-based wage discrimination intersects with other forms of inequality. …
In a statement issued to mark Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay Today called for policy reform “to transform our existing systems” and “to remove ableist barriers that trap disabled women in cycles of economic insecurity and poverty.”
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