In November 2015, the Women and Equalities Select Committee launched its inquiry into the gender pay gap, calling for written evidence by 6 December 2015. EDF welcomed the announcement.
The European Commission is conducting a public consultation on possible action addressing the challenges of work-life balance faced by working parents and caregivers (the closing date was 17 February 2016).
‘Attitudes to violence against women in Scotland’ presents findings from the 2014 Scottish Social Attitudes survey (SSA) on public attitudes to violence against women in Scotland.
‘The Clock Turns Back for Young Women’ is the Young Women’s Trust’s first annual report shining a light on the realities of young women’s lives in the 21st century.
‘Opportunities and outcomes in education and work: Gender effects’ was published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills in November 2015.
In November 2015, Welsh Women’s Aid called for lifesaving refuge services’ funding in Wales to be protected by government and public authorities.
The Global Media Monitoring Report was launched in November 2015.
The project ‘equal pacE’ provides a web tool by which companies can voluntarily identify the causes of a potential gender pay gap.
On 25 October 2015, the Prime Minister announced new measures to eradicate gender inequality in the work place and remove barriers to women’s success.
In October 2015, the Home Office published a force-by-force overview of the proportion of BME and female officers in each of the 43 England and Wales police forces.
