FP Pop Quiz: How much do you know about international women's day and gender capital at work?

People around the world will celebrate international women's day on March 8 – which also falls during the month of women's history in the USA and some other countries. While we take the time to honor women in history, leadership, work and our personal life, we thought it would be fun to test our knowledge on this topic. Take our quiz to see how much you know about IWD and gender capital at work.

1. 📢 What is the campaign topic of the International Women's Day 2025?

A. Inspire inspiration

B. hug equity

C. accelerate action

D. break the bias

2. 📅 What is the meaning on March 8 for international women's day?

A. The first organized strike of workers occurred on March 8, 1857 in New York City

B. Women in Russia organized a strike for “bread and peace” during the First World War I.

C. Women in needle trade marched through NYC on March 8, 1908 to protest child labor and sweatshop working conditions and to fight for women's election rights

D. All above

3. 🌍 International Women's Day was the first officially in which countries celebrated?

A. USA and Canada

B. Argentina, Brazil and Chile

C. Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland

D. Japan and South Korea

4. 📝 The purpose of IWD is ::

A. Honor The Success of Women

B. promote women all over the world

C. create awareness of wage differences and inequalities in the workplace

D. All above

5. 💲 Right or wrong: In the USA, a federal federal law requires that employers have to include salary areas in job advertisements?

A. true

B. wrong

6. ⚖ Which federal law in the United States prohibits discrimination based on gender (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity)?

A. Fair Labor Standards Act

B. National Labor Relations Act

C. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

D. Occupational Safety and Health Act

7. 💰 The law on the same wages requires employers:

A. you pay men and women exactly the same price when performing roles with the same job title

B. Remove gender -based wage discrimination for workers who carry out jobs that require considerably the same skills, efforts and responsibility under similar working conditions

C. Pay everyone the same, without exceptions

D. Reduce the payment of men if it is greater than the payment of women for significantly similar work

8. 📈 True or false: Women at work have finally reached salary authorization and paid for the same work as men.

A. true

B. wrong

9. 👩‍👧‍👦 Right or wrong: Women tend to pay more nursing tasks – including responsibilities for childcare and older care – that can contribute to the gender -specific wage gap in the workplace.

A. true

B. wrong

10. 🙌 How can employers support women in the workplace and help to ensure equity among all employees?

A. Prioritize the same salary

B. offer flexible work agreements

C. they offer leadership training and development

D. All of this above and more

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1. 📢 [c] From the website of the International Women's Day: “With the current progress rate, it takes until 2158, which is achieved in about five generations of now to full gender parity,” according to the data from the World Economic Forum. “Concentration on the need too Accelerate action emphasizes how important it is to take quick and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. “The other options were campaign topics from previous years.

2. 📅 📅 [d] All of these events occurred on March 8 in various years, and the United Nations celebrated IWD on March 8, 1975. Further information on important events that have an impact here.

3. 🌍 [c] Although the IWD is now celebrated on March 8, it was officially celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on March 19, 1911. A main focus was on the right to votes and work by women, and according to Encyclopedia Britannica, more than a million women and men took part in the rallies.

4. 📝 📝 [d] IWD has many purposes, including the listed. You can read more about its history and purpose here.

5. 💲[b] Although the federal law requires the same work for the same work, there is no federal federal law for the federal government's payment. However, you should note that many states have passed or taken into account such laws. Your goal is to promote salary authorization and prevent the maintenance of gaps, but these laws also create compliance challenges for employers, which means that employers should have transparency action plan for wage transparency. You can read everything about this growing state legal trend here.

6. ⚖ [c] Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination due to breed, color, religion, sex or national origin.

7. 💰 [b] “The jobs do not have to be identical, but they have to be much the same. Job content (not job title) determines whether jobs are essentially the same, ”said the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). “If there is a wage examination between men and women, employers cannot reduce wages of both sex to compensate for their payment.” There are some exceptions, including for certain service agency, earning and production systems as well as for differences that are based on another factor than sex. In particular, each state also has its own law on the same wages that employers should check if necessary.

8. 📈 [b] The same salary day this year is March 25, which is marked by how far women have to work into the new year to earn what men did in the previous year. The date for certain communities of women, including women with colored and disabled workers, continues to the year. According to Advocacy Group Aauw, women who worked full -time in 2023 deserved 83% of men. Latina and Indian women who worked full-time earned $ 58 for every dollar that a white, non-Hispanic man has achieved, according to Aauw calculations, and black women earned 66 cents. Women with disabled workers (full -time and part -time together) deserve $ 72 cents for every dollar that was paid to disabled men in 2023.

9. 👩‍👧‍👦 [a] A recently carried out study shows that women are responsible for almost 75% of unpaid maintenance work, which has a negative impact on their ability to participate in the paid workforce. Another study shows that 57% to 81% of all supervisors of older people are women worldwide. Another says that women are more than four times as likely as men to miss the work based on childcare. At the same time, employers should recognize that men also take over the responsibilities of the caregivers and think about opportunities to create supporting and fair guidelines for all employees. Read our insights here in the support of employees in the Sandwich generation who have both childcare and older care responsibility.

10. 🙌 [d] IWD is a strong memory to celebrate the success and contributions of women, even if we recognize the growth that is still required to achieve gender parity. The celebration on March 8 commemorates the employers of concentrating on building a fair workplace where employees of all backgrounds can thrive.

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