HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR031718MOBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: March 21, 2018
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
ALDEN ALAYVILLA, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
Tel (808) 241-4909
Fax (808) 241-6877
Equal Pay Day Ceremony set for April 10
LIHU'E — The public is invited to attend the Equal Pay Day proclamation ceremony
hosted by the Kaua'i Committee on the Status of Women (KCSW) and partnering with the Zonta
Club of Kaua'i and Zonta Club of Hanalei. The event will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 12:30
p.m. at the Lihu'e Civic Center, Mo'ikeha rotunda.
During the ceremony, Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. will highlight the need to address the
issue of equal pay for equal work, and encourage elimination of the gender pay gap. The public
is encouraged to wear "red" the symbol for "in the red" in pay which still exists today for equal
work.
While the wage gap has improved since the 1960s, women still earn, on average, only
70 percent of what men earn. Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the current year a women
must work to earn as much as a man earned in the previous year, and is based on statistics
from the U.S. Census Bureau.
In addition to annually co -hosting an Equal Pay Day ceremony, KCSW's Chair, Patricia
Wistinghausen shared, "Recently at our January meeting, the women of the Committee signed
and submitted testimony to our state House of Representatives, in support of HB671 Relating to
Equal Pay. The bill is meant to promote gender equality in the workplace and help close the pay
gap between men and women. And as the motto goes, we want 'Equal Pay for Equal Work'
though we aim for this to be more than just a saying, and to be put into practice throughout
Hawai'i."
The KCSW is part of the Hawai'i State Commission on the Status of Women, which
strives to advance the status of women and girls by acting as a catalyst for positive change
through advocacy, education, collaboration and program development.
The KCSW meets on the third Wednesday of the month. The next scheduled meeting is
on April 18 at 5 p.m. at the LThu'e Civic Center, Mo'ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B. For
information about this and other events, please go to: www.kauai.gov/kccsw
All KCSW meetings are open to the public.
If you need an ASL interpreter, materials in an alternate format, or other auxiliary and
support, or an interpreter for a language other than English, please contact the Office of Boards
and Commissions at 241-4919 or via email sent to smuragin(c_kauai.gov at least seven days
prior to the event.