“France is quite late”, specifies Cynthia Illouz, founder of The Women’s Voices

The Les Glorieuses collective has made the virtual calculation of the moment when women are no longer paid. This year, it’s from Monday November 6 at 11:25 a.m. Asked about the calculation of this date, Insaff el Hassini affirms “that they started from a statistic which quantified salary inequalities at 15.4%. Starting from this figure, we made a cross product with the average of the salary gaps between women and men in Europe. We arrive at the date of November 6.” Asked about the message to send, the compensation negotiation expert advances “that salary gaps are concrete. It is our desire to materialize in the intellect and the collective unconscious.”

Not the same gaps in other European countries

Wage gaps are different in neighboring countries. “What is quite interesting is to observe that France is quite behind. We are 2/3% below the European average. This movement was initially initiated in Iceland (…) at the time, women went on strike. The men had not been very happy with the subject. Women go on strike for this day every five years. Eight days ago, the Prime Minister also went on strike.says Cynthia Illouz, founder of The Women’s Voices. “We see that there is awareness, but unfortunately, it is progressing slowly”she concludes.