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Kat Banyard Campaigns Officer, Fawcett Society. S traight-jacketed. UK full-time employees work the longest hours in the EU. E xcluded from power. Only 12% of FTSE 100 company directors are women. X chromosome discrimination.
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Kat Banyard Campaigns Officer, Fawcett Society
Straight-jacketed UK full-time employees work the longest hours in the EU
Excluded from power Only 12% of FTSE 100 company directors are women
Xchromosome discrimination Every year 30,000 women lose their jobs in the UK simply for being pregnant
Impoverishment Poverty has a female face: Two thirds of low paid workers are women
Sexualexploitation There are over 300 lapdance clubs operating in the UK
Moneygap Women working full-time earn on average 17% less than men
Straight-jacketed Excluded from power Xchromosome discrimination Impoverishment Sexual exploitation Money Gap IN THE CITY
Make work flexible for all employees at every level • End the long working hours culture • End commercial sexual exploitation • End the objectification of women • End gender stereotyping and discrimination THE MANIFESTO
GOVERNMENT Creating a workplace fit for women….. • Extend the right to work flexibly to all • End the opt out of the EU Working Time Directive • Make pay audits compulsory • License lapdance clubs as Sex Encounter Establishments
Creating a workplace fit for women….. BUSINESS • Pay all employees a living wage • Don’t fund the sex industry • Implement and promote flexible working for all at every level • Challenge cultures that discriminate against and stereotype women
YOU www.fawcettsociety.org.uk