And Jemima Olchawski, head of policy and insight at The Fawcett Society, added: “It’s fantastic to see Stylist raising awareness of this issue and creating a way for companies to show that they really value what women do. We need employers to move to flexible working by default, conducting full pay audits and we need to do more to get men involved in the paid and unpaid caring roles that too often are still seen as “women’s work”.

“Women play a vital part in our economy, and yet so often the work they do – in the workplace and at home – is undervalued. The pay gap is the gap between what women are really worth and what they are actually paid. At the current rate of progress it will take over 50 years to close the gender pay gap – none of us can afford to wait that long. So we’d encourage employers to get behind Stylist’s #equalpayday activity on 10 November, to raise awareness, and show appreciation for women in the workforce.”

The feminist powerhouses backing Stylist's #EqualPayDay initiative