Gender Inequality Stats Flashcards

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Percent in senior roles (company directors, police officers etc)

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The EOC - Although women represent 45% of the workforce, only 9% of company directors, 7% of senior police officers and 6% of high court judges are women.

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Pay Gap (%)

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Still an 18% pay gap between men and women. In 2008 it was reported by the ONS that this pay gap was 22%

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Part time workers

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Labour Market Stats (2000) - 15.4 million men employed in the UK compared to 12.5 million women. 5.5 million part time women workers compared to 1.4 million men.

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Average weekly pay of women in their early 20s

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In 1998 the EOC noted that, in their early 20s, women earn 92% of the male wage. The average gross weekly pay of all women is only 72.5% of men’s earnings.

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Time until women will achieve equality

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EOC (1999) - at the present rate of change women will have to wait until 2040 to achieve equality in pay.

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Median gross weakly earning for part time jobs

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ONS (2008) - The median gross weekly earning for part time jobs for females is 149.8 where as for men i was only 136.8

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Rank for Women’s equality

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The World Economic Forum on women’s equality ranked Britain 13th out of 130 countries in 2008 in terms of gender inequality, with a 4% drop in wage equality.

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Number of tribunal cases of sex discrimination

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In 2006, the EOC showed that over the 30 years from 1976, there were a quarter of a million employment tribunal cases of sex discrimination with 67,000 related to equality.

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Likely to be victims of crime

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Men are twice more likely to be the victims of crime than women, but women are more likely to know their attackers.

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Murder Victims

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30% of murder victims were women who were killed by a partner or former partner, according to the 2000 BCS.

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Women experienced rape

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The 2000 BCS suggested that probably 5% of women have experienced rape.

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Women MPs

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Women remain less than 20% of all MPs

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State Pension

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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that women are more likely to rely on state pensions.

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Arber and Cooper (99)

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Found that women are far more likely to have been in low status employment with few rights or benefits.

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Pay gap

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Clear pay gap with women earning an average £394 a week and men £496 (ONS, 2007)

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Managers and senior post holders

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Only 11% of women are managers and senior post holders, compared with 18% of men.

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Likelihood to be employed

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Women are less likely to be employed than men with 70% of working age women in work compared to 79% of working age men (ONS)

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Berthoud (2002)

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Women are more likely to live in poverty than men and spend longer periods in unemployment.

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Seager (1997)

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found that women spent much more time each on domestic tasks than men and that men had more leisure and rest time than women

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Female MPs and House of Common Lords

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In 2007/08, only 19% of MPs and 20% of the House of Lords were female.

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Number of female members of the cabinet.

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Equalityhumanrights.com - From 2006/07, the number of female members of the cabinet fell from 35% in 2006 to 26%.

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Gender pay gap, in comparison to Europe

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In 2006 it was reported that the gender pay gap in the UK is one of the highest in Europe: women who work full time earned 17% less per hour than men and women working part time earned 39% less per hour than men working full time. Fawcett Society (2006)

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Men in terms of crime

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Men are hugely disadvantaged in terms of crime and violence; men are convicted of more crime than women. Women make up only 6% of the prison population (HM Prison Service).

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Male prisoners released from prison

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8% of male prisoners released from prison are re-convicted within 2 years (Social Trends, 1998)

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Male population found guilty for an offense

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In 2001, 167 per 10,000 of the male population were found guilty or cautioned for an offense compared to 3.7 per 10,000 of the female population.