Chasing the lady through employment statistics
A spate of press reports this month warned of dire consequences for women if public spending cuts lead to public sector job losses.
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Scaremongering over the rape conviction rate
Sharp words in today’s report on rape by Baroness Stern (pictured) over the constant bandying of the claim that only 6 per cent of reported rapes lead to convictions.
What about equality?
There’s an odd argument in the letters column of The Guardian today from Ceri Goddard, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for equality between men and wome
The gap between statistics and discrimination
The gap in pay between men and women has narrowed, according to the latest data from the ONS, no matter how you measure it.
Predicting the number of civil partnerships
The Prime Minister wants civil partnership ceremonies to be held in the Palace of Westminster, he told a Speaker’s conference this week.
Violence and the invisible sex
The Home Office claims that violence against women and girls costs £40.1 billion a year. That’s a very big claim.
Gender Inequality - it's a jungle out there
Radio 4’s flagship, the Today programme, has fallen for a common misrepresentation of the gap in pay between men and women.
