Closing the gender pay gap is not just about how individual women navigate the workforce. It’s about how our society undervalues women’s work. By Fay FaradayContributors Jan Borowy Tue., April 12, 2022timer3 min. read updateArticle was updated 3 hrs ago Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, an international event dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap. It symbolizes how far into the year women, on average, must work to catch up to what men earned, on average, the entire previous year.