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[{"selector":"#anim-9e7231d2-f866-4a37-8a46-a5e698d5cff4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-20fbdd5c-7fbb-47d0-9fbc-c91f6569fddf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":100,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3fadd54c-dba4-4f4b-aa9d-168aaf4f39c7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-70aa3fa9-9338-4a4d-9a41-aabe74c0965b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(100.00000%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Equal Pay Day was started in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) as an awareness program to show the difference in pay between women and men.

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Equal Pay Day symbolizes that how much more work women will have to do to earn what men have earned in the last year.

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In other words, it reflects the gender pay gap. Equal Pay Day is like an opportunity to demonstrate about the gender pay gap.

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Initially its name was National Pay Inequality Awareness Day and in 1998 it was renamed as Equal Pay Day.

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Equal Pay Day is celebrated in many countries, including countries like UK, Germany, US and Australia.

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Equal Pay Day is held every year on a Tuesday in the month of March. This year it has been celebrated on 14th March.

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