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On the eve of #LatinaEqualPay Day this is important information for us to consider. Across the country, states are stepping up and implementing policies to close the gender pay gap. Read which specific policies made the biggest difference: https://t.co/8Egp9p2hmt pic.twitter.com/hEEQInAHCJ

— Monica Ramirez (@MonicaRamirezDC) October 31, 2018

It is estimated that Latina workers stand to lose more than $1 million over a 40-year period due to the wage gap #LatinaEqualPay

— Ariel Cerrud (@acerrud) November 1, 2018

Over 3M households are headed by Latinas, and 40% of those households live below the poverty line. Solutions for #LatinaEqualPay: raise the #minimumwage, pass Paycheck Fairness Act, strengthen workplace protections & expand opportunities for high-paying careers. #FL07 #FlaPol

— Rep. Stephanie Murphy (@RepStephMurphy) November 1, 2018

There were about 11.1 million Hispanic women — which includes Latinas — in the civilian labor force in 2015, representing one in seven women in the labor force, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Even with that visibility, most Americans are not aware of the pay gap between Latinas and white men and women, according to research conducted by LeanIn.org, an initiative founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

What it would mean if there wasn't a wage gap for Latinas

The National Partnership for Women and Families, a non-profit organization that promotes fairness in the workplace, pulled the numbers to see how the lives of Latinas would change if they were paid equally.

The Partnership found that with no wage gap, a Latina working year-round and full-time would, on average, be able to afford more than three additional years of child care; three more years of tuition and fees for a four-year public university, or the full cost of tuition and fees for a two-year community college; 3.7 years' worth of food for her family; nearly 18 additional months of mortgage and utilities payments; or more than two additional years of rent.

As a whole, the gender pay gap results in $513 billion in lost wages each year for women, according a report recently released by AAUW.

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