St. Patricks Day 2016

Hello everybody!

Today is a very special day for Ireland. Their national holiday is represented in the whole world, even google changed their logo to the colour green and put a cloverleaf on top of it. I’m impressed how international St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated and it shows how strong the bound of community can be. Many people wear an item of green clothing on the day. Parties featuring Irish food and drinks that are dyed in green food colour are part of this celebration.

St Patrick is one of the patron saints of Ireland. He is said to have died on March 17 in or around the year 493. He brought the Christianity to the island.

The most common St Patrick's Day symbol is the shamrock. The shamrock is the leaf of the clover plant and a symbol of the Holy Trinity. Many people choose to wear the color green and the flag of the Republic of Ireland is often seen in St Patrick’s Day parades around the world. Irish brands of drinks are popular at St Patrick’s Day events.

Regards,

Katja

Gender pay gap: women earn £300,000 less than men over working life

Welcome everybody!

I was reading an article the other day about the gender pay gap in the online edition of the guardian. I thought you might be interested because every woman is concerned by this topic.

With reference to the world women's day today, it would be eligible to think this topic is already out of date, but new researches show the opposite. Basically what it says is that women still earn less money than men. Over their working lives women make about 300.000 $ (272,195.10 €) less money than the apparently dominant gender. Those are 2 $ less per hour. Don't you think this is very obsolete in today's modern world? Equality shouldn't be a problem anymore!

The article also mentions the fact that women are still more likely to stay at home to care for their children than men. As a consequence women's careers often stagnate or decline while men have the chance to put a lot more effort in their jobs. 

What surprised me most was the fact that equality isn't given yet. In a world full of progress and success, it should be possible to treat the genders equal and fair. Women are empowering more and more and I think in the near future the pay gap won't be a problem anymore.

What do you think about this topic?

If you want to get a quick look on the article, here is the link:

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/mar/07/gender-pay-gap-uk-women-earn-300000-less-men-lifetime

Regards,

Katja :)