WASHINGTON, DC — As part of Equal Pay Day activities, the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) will respond to a new study released by the National Committee on Pay Equity on Tuesday, April 3 at 11:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 116 (the same committee room as is being used for the Equal Pay Day event). The IWF will present fact and figures that dispute the conventional wisdom with regard to women and wage disparities.


Media are also invited to participate by teleconference during the IWF news event. Interested media should call 888-273-9887 beginning at 11:50 A.M. (EDT). Please use the code “Equal Pay Day” and the operator will connect you.


What: Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) response to new study and annual arguments on equal pay for women presented by National Committee on Pay Equity.


Who: Nancy M. Pfotenhauer, Economist and President of IWF; Elizabeth Robbins, Manager of Employment Legislation and Regulation of the Society of Human Resource Management; Terry Neese, business owner and past President of the National Association of Women’s Business Owners (NAWBO)


When: Tuesday, April 3, 2001 at 11:30 a.m. — lunch is provided


Where: 116 Dirksen Senate Office Building
(Same committee room as the Equal Pay Day event)
Constitution Avenue and First Street, NE
Washington, D.C.