gender inequality patterns and trends Flashcards
work and employment - ONS 2013
- more men work in professional occupations
-women dominate caring and leisure occupation - men make up majority of top 10 of earners
work and employment - fawcett society 2013
- self employed women earn 40% less than men
- 11% of bank CEOs are women
work and employment - UK feminista
30k women are sacked due to pregnancies
400k lose out on pay/promotion
income and wealth
- 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
poverty
- women represent 70% of world poor population
women are more likely to be impacted by poverty than men
poverty - trussell trust 2014
food poverty affects women as they go hungry to feed their children
poverty - joseph rowntree definition
poverty is a human right issue and is defined as an experience of social isolation
social mobility - savage 2011
men 40% more likely to climb the career ladder
social mobility - equality and human right commission
decrease in womens participation in 10 sectors of employment
social mobility - li and devine 2011
black african and caribbean women 20% fall in fulltime emplyoment
- young british muslim women find discrimination as a barrier to employment
male inequalities - mac an ghaill 1994
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
male inequalities - ONS 2010
- men worked 39hrs a week while women worked 34hrs
- girls gain more a-c gcse grades than boys
- working class boys are most underachieving