Gender equality is still generations away and needs urgent action across all aspects of life to close the stubborn gaps in the next 10 years, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has warned.
Completing the Revolution, the EOC's final report before it is absorbed into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) on 1 October, identifies 22 leading indicators that measure the state of the nation in terms of gender equality.
The indicators show gender gaps across all areas of life, and at the current rate of progress change will be painfully slow. For example:
The publication of today's report coincides with the launch of the EOC's Gender Agenda campaign, which highlights the work left to do on the eve of the transfer to the CEHR.
Jenny Watson, EOC chair, said: "A country that channels women into low paid work fails to adequately support families and forces people who want to work flexibly to trade down in jobs, pays a high price in terms of child poverty, family breakdown and low productivity.
"This is a challenge that Gordon Brown's new government urgently needs to address.
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