Speeches

This week in class we have been working on our speeches, here's my speech. 


The gender pay gap
Hi, my names Connor and today I'm talking to you about the gender pay gap. Let's face it the gender pay gap is a big problem in New Zealand, and it stops women and men alike from working to their full potential.

The gender pay gap is the difference between men and women's pay in the same or different jobs. Most female workers in New Zealand work in jobs that are more than 80% female, these jobs tend to be lower paid than their male counterparts. Some women are undervalued and ignored in the workplace. For example, a woman working in the business sector works 6 hours a day 5 days a week and she earns $570 a week, a man working in the same job with the same hours and days would earn $623.58 just because he's a male. As of 1 September 2017 stats NZ announced that the gender pay gap was 9.2% that's a pretty big drop from 1998 when it was an incredible 16.3%, but during the last few years it has come to a halt probably due to the fact that people have been trying to fix other things like poverty and homelessness. Men earn $3000 more than women each quarter that's an astonishing $12000 each year, in my opinion, that's absolutely ridiculous.

But it's not just women who are affected by the gender pay gap men are as well some men may be expected to work longer hours than women because they are stronger than women or that they can handle more than women but that's wrong. Knowing that women might not get paid as much as their male co-workers might discourage them from working to the best of their ability. Having a different pay to one of your co-workers can be down to many reasons, such as him/her having a higher education or a better degree, or the occupation being harder than another or more important than another.
With this information, I hope we can all work for a better future. Thank you for listening to my speech.