Equal Pay Day iri kuuya muna Kubvumbi 24 kuzotiyeuchidza kuti mihoro yevakadzi vanoshanda inoramba ichisaririra kumashure kweiyo yevarume zvisinei nevimbiso yakaregeredzwa yemutemo ye "muhoro wakaenzana webasa rakaenzana."
Kare muna 1963 apo Mutungamiri Kennedy akasaina Mutemo weEqual Pay, vakadzi vaiita avhareji yemasendi makumi mashanu nesere padhora rega rega raitorwa nevarume. Mukaha watetepa, asi nekufamba kwehozhwa. Mihoro yemadzimai ichiri pasi nezvikamu makumi maviri nezvitatu kubva muzana pane yevarume โ pari zvino masendi makumi manomwe nemanomwe padhora.
Musiyano unogona kureva kurasikirwa kwemazana ezviuru zvemadhora pamusoro pehupenyu hwekushanda kwemukadzi uye mari yemudyandigere yakaderera zvikuru kupfuura yevarume vazhinji, sezvo mari yepenjeni inobva pamihoro.
โKumhuri dzakawanda,โ anodaro Mutevedzeri wePurezidhendi weAFL-CIO, Linda Chavez-Thompson, โmubhadharo wakaenzana unogona kureva kurarama kupfuura urombo, kutarisira utano hwakanaka, kutarisira vana, dzidzo yekoroji yevana uye pamudyandigere wakachengeteka.โ
Huwandu hwevakadzi vane zvinzvimbo zvinobhadhara zvemaneja uye zvekutonga zvakambobatwa nevarume zvachose mune zvekurapa, zvemutemo, zvekutapa nhau nedzimwe nzvimbo zvakawedzera muma1970 nema80s. Asi kufambira mberi ikoko hakuna kumbomira, uye nhasi, semumakore makumi matanhatu neapfuura, vakadzi vazhinji vanoshanda vanobata echinyakare anobhadhara zvishoma "mabasa evakadzi" mukutengesa, clerical uye masevhisi minda.
Makumi mapfumbamwe nemasere muzana evadzidzisi vekuchikoro nevekireshi vakadzi, semuenzaniso, 97 muzana yevanyori nevabatsiri vehurumende, 93 muzana yevanogamuchira, 91 muzana yevanamukoti vakanyoreswa, 88 muzana yevanochenesa dzimba.
Kunyange mumabasa iwayo, vakadzi vanogara vachitambira mari shoma pane varume vanoshanda padivi pavo pamabasa akafanana.
Kusimbisa zvakakwana iyo Equal Pay Act yemakore makumi mana nemana kwaizobatsira. Asi kupfuura izvozvo, tsananguro yemutemo yakamanikana ye "basa rakaenzana" inofanira kuwedzerwa. Vakadzi vanoti vanosarurwa pamuhoro kazhinji vaifanira kuratidza kuti vane zvinzvimbo zvakafanana nevarume vanotambira mari yakawanda. Asi kunyange zvazvo basa romukadzi ringava rakasiyana, izvozvo hazviiti hazvo kuti basa rake rive risingakoshi kune waanoshandira uye munzanga yose kupfuura romurume ane rimwe basa.
Chinofanirwa kuverengerwa hachisi murume kana mukadzi kana basa raanobata. Kubhadhara kwevakadzi nevarume zvakafanana kunofanira kuvakirwa pazvinhu zvakadai sokurovedzwa kwaitwa mushandi, dzidzo yakawanda sei noruzivo rwokuzviwanira, unyanzvi hupi, kushanda nesimba kwakawanda sei basa rinoda, mabasa api araibatanidza, kushushikana kwakadini, uyewo kuti inokosha kumushandirwi.
Chiyero hachifanirwe kunge chiri "mubhadharo wakaenzana webasa rakaenzana," asi yakanyanya kunaka uye inonzwisisika, "Muripo wakaenzana webasa reukoshi hwakaenzana."
"Fair Pay" mabhiri ekuita iyo pfungwa mutemo wakarambwa mumakore gumi nemaviri apfuura neRepublican-inodzorwa neCongress. Asi pane tariro pakupedzisira. Ruzhinji rutsva rweDemocratic ruzhinji runogona kunge rwuri shure kwemabhiri achangoburwa, akaunzwa naDemocrat Sen. Tom Harkin wekuIowa neDemocratic Rep.
Rosa DeLauro weConnecticut.
Vashandirwi vaisazongodiwa chete kuenzana mihoro yevarume nevakadzi vane mabasa ane mazita akafanana nemabasa. Vanofanira kufunga nezvezvimwe zvinhu zvinosarudza kukosha kwechokwadi kwemushandi, zvisinei nechinzvimbo chemushandi.
Vakadzi vaizozviona zviri nyore kuratidza rusarura, mudare kana kumwewo. Faindi nezvimwe zvirango zvingave zvakakura kudarika zviri pasi pemutemo uripo, uye pachava nedziviriro pakutsiva kuvakadzi vanotaura zvakaipa pamusoro pekubatwa kwavo.
Mikana yekupfuura inoita seiri nani gore rino, muchidimbu nekuda kwesarudzo dzegore resarudzo dzakaratidza kuti vavhoti vechidzimai vakaisa muhoro wakaenzana sechinyorwa chavo cheNhamba 1.
Inofanira kumira zvishoma pedyo neNo. 1 nemunhu wese anotenda mukuenzana kunowanzoziviswa nevaAmerica nevatungamiri vezvematongerwo enyika, asi kazhinji kushayikwa.
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