全世界妇女在经济平等的问题上已经取得进展，但是男性和女性的报酬仍然存在差距。据最近发布的全球性别差距指数（Global Gender Gap Index） ，现在参加工作的妇女人数高于2006年，但与从事同类工作的男性相比，妇女的平均报酬仅相当于男性的一半多一点。

奥巴马总统在距美国国会大厦（U.S. Capitol）不远的已故妇女平权活动家艾丽斯·保罗（Alice Paul）故居发表讲话强调，雇主应该做到工资透明化。他希望今后参观这所故居的年轻人对妇女的报酬曾经低于从事同样工作的男性会感到十分惊讶。 

President Obama wants our best players in the game

 April 12 is Equal Pay Day, and President Obama is reminding everyone that women workers should be given the same opportunities as men. “We don’t want some of our best players on the sidelines,” he said.

Economic equality for women worldwide has progressed, but stubborn differences in pay between men and women persist. The most recent Global Gender Gap Index reports that while more women work than in 2006, the average pay for women is only a little more than half that for men doing similar work.

Obama, in remarks at the home of the late suffragist Alice Paul, called on employers to make salaries transparent. He said he hopes that children who visit the building — a short block from the U.S. Capitol — will one day “be astonished that there was ever a time when women earned less than men for doing the same work.”