Women have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s impacts in the past year. Around 45 per cent of working women across the North work in sectors that have seen the biggest negative impacts during the pandemic.
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The UK has a gender pay gap: within industries, within occupations, and within organisations, women tend to earn less per hour than men. A small proportion of this gap may be the result of unequal...
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The deadline for large employers to report their gender pay gap is now only one week away, and although the majority of companies are yet to report, the last month has seen some hair-raising pay gaps...
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Most countries in the world have political systems and local politics with majority male representation, but this imbalance results in a democratic deficit. This report compares the UK and Germany’s...
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To judge by much of the commentary today, political campaigns like 'No More Page 3' and its predecessors had little to do with the axing of the Sun 's Page 3. Instead, it had just become 'old...
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This report demonstrates that 16 is the critical age at which women are lost to potential careers in engineering, and considers what needs to be done both in and outside of schools to attract more...
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Balancing care responsibilities and work is becoming increasingly difficult, particularly for older women: a 'sandwich generation' is emerging, whose members are caught between providing care for...
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Through this report, we aim to explore changes in women's aspirations and expectations over time and from generation to generation, and to spark debate about the priorities for the next era of gender...
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IPPR holds well over 100 events every year. It is now our policy to ensure that there are no all-male panels at these events. We will also endeavour not to speak at events or broadcasts hosted by...
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Given the evidence laid out in this paper, the UK government has a legal obligation to investigate the claim that banks may be discriminating against women. While certain aspects of banks' behaviour...
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