Fawcett, the campaign for equality between women and men, and Unison have declared today Women's No Pay Day because the 17% hourly pay gap is equivalent to men getting paid all year but women working for nothing from 30 October until the end of the year.

Fawcett is marking the day by taking a petition to Downing Street to demand action to address the imbalance.

Fawcett’s vision is of a society in which women and men enjoy equality at work, at home and in public life. It campaigns on women’s representation in politics and public life; pay, pensions and poverty; valuing caring work; and the treatment of women in the justice system.

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