gender inequality patterns and trends Flashcards

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work and employment - ONS 2013

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  • more men work in professional occupations
    -women dominate caring and leisure occupation
  • men make up majority of top 10 of earners
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work and employment - fawcett society 2013

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  • self employed women earn 40% less than men
  • 11% of bank CEOs are women
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work and employment - UK feminista

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30k women are sacked due to pregnancies
400k lose out on pay/promotion

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income and wealth

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  • benefits are 5th of womens pay / 10th of mens pay
  • 22% of women have persistent low income
  • 70% of people on national minimum wage jobs are women
  • women own 1% of the world wealth
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poverty

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  • women represent 70% of world poor population
    women are more likely to be impacted by poverty than men
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poverty - trussell trust 2014

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food poverty affects women as they go hungry to feed their children

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poverty - joseph rowntree definition

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poverty is a human right issue and is defined as an experience of social isolation

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social mobility - savage 2011

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men 40% more likely to climb the career ladder

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social mobility - equality and human right commission

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decrease in womens participation in 10 sectors of employment

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social mobility - li and devine 2011

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black african and caribbean women 20% fall in fulltime emplyoment
- young british muslim women find discrimination as a barrier to employment

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male inequalities - mac an ghaill 1994

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crisis of masculinity
- after the sector shift and feminisation, men had no clear identity as a lack of traditional male roles made them question their role

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male inequalities - ONS 2010

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  • men worked 39hrs a week while women worked 34hrs
  • girls gain more a-c gcse grades than boys
  • working class boys are most underachieving
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