Gender Inequalities
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Childcare
 Women still seen as primary carers – this is an obstacle the
government need to help women overcome
 Forces women out of careers and into lower paid part time work
(evidence of women in part-time work could be inserted here)
 Move into work in the 5 Cs
 Flexible working regulations 2003 and update in 2009 aimed at
helping women
 Childcare voucher schemes to make childcare more affordable
Pay Gap
Equal Pay Act – Do women now receive the same pay as
men?
Evidence of pay gap (Fawcett Society evidence) but how it
is at its lowest levels – evidence of this
NWM should help women as they tend to be in lowest paid
jobs
Same goes for government decision to move bottom rate
of income tax to £10,000
Types of jobs
 Glass ceiling – discuss
 Sex and Power Report – Women missing from top jobs
 Evidence of glass ceiling cracking with women more and more getting
into top jobs, more female millionaires etc
 Equality Act 2010 allows employers to favour under-represented groups in
the workplace such as women in job interviews.
Discrimination
 Discrimination should be illegal – Sexual Discrimination Act way back in the 1970s
 Females still discriminated against today though, although the situation has much
improved
 Numbers sacked for being pregnant, difficulty in breaking into politics
 Discrimination is not as direct as it was – but women still are ‘punished’ for being
mothers as they often can’t work the long hours needed to gain promotion to
some of the top jobs
 Birmingham City Council case study – female orientated jobs like cleaning were
not deemed of equal value to some male jobs like street sweeping