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Gender Pay Gap Article Evaluation
This article is rated as C class and has room for improvement. However, the content is relevant to the article's title and the citations are numerous and appear to be fact based and from reputable institutions. The content and writing style could be improved. Furthermore, I think a good edition that would improve the article would be a section on religion and the economic impact it may have on women economically. Every claim within the article includes a citation, but I still believe that there are critical informational gaps, such as a lack of represented countries with information surrounding the pay gap that aren't first or second world. The Talk Page doesn't include much information except regarding the contributions of other students. Furthermore, Wikiprojects Economics and Sociology both rate this topic as high importance, and I believe adding more information (such as the impact of religion on the pay gap) would be helpful into improving the rating of the article.

- Here is the citation to an research regarding the impact of religion on female empowerment including representation and employment:

Njoh, Ambe & Akiwumi, Fenda. (2012). The Impact of Religion on Women Empowerment as a Millennium Development Goal in Africa. Social Indicators Research. 107. 1-18. 10.1007/s11205-011-9827-4.

- Furthermore, this source titled The Effects of Religion and Patriarchal Norms on Female Labor Force Participation provides relevant statistical information and background regarding the effects of religion on the pay gap. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9e3d/aaefe5a714a15748ce9f9d01b86c2086ddd9.pdf

Article Evaluation

The article is relevant to the topic and there are lot's of citations throughout. Would it be worthwhile to mention the Black Lives Matter movement as it related to civil rights and racial inequality? This is fairly new information and provides a modern addition to what the Civil Rights movement today is. The article is unbiased. Sources either source back to another Wikipedia page or straight to scholarly, peer reviewed citations. Furthermore, the citations are not copies of original information.

Conversations on the talk page generally consist of fact checking phrasing, historical information, and validity of citations. Wikipedia goes in depth into historical information that non experts would overlook or take for granted, especially with concern for accuracy and being specific.