austria: equal pay day

Today is Equal Pay Day: due to the gender gap in income in Austria – women continue to earn significantly less in all sectors except the public sector – women are essentially working for free as of today until the end of the year. Although this fact would obviously be a significant contribution to public discourse, the ongoing election campaign is aparently standing in the way of adequate attention on Equal Pay Day. Note that according to the last census women do comprise half of the populace.