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and on the boards of public bodies and businesses. And we need to ensure that equal pay legislation – passed over 40 years ago – is finally turned into reality. The Scottish Government is already leading on these issues. But

on equality training for 80 public bodies, companies and the voluntary sector. Several different women’s organisations attended and found the four personal testimonies during the morning plenary particularly engaging. 70 year old Nicky

Engender’s Policy and Parliamentary Manager, Eilidh Dickson, has been a member of the Independent Working Group on Misogyny chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy. Here she reflects on the final report released today

in terms of our access to public places and services, but still massively under-represented within contemporary UK media and culture. So what does this mean and why does it matter? What it means is that women with disabilities remain largely

importantly, it challenges public perceptions and assumptions of what people with disabilities are capable of (Ellis, 2015). However, it also constructs its own very particular aesthetic of ‘acceptable’ disability (Garland-Thomson,

woman” in a paid public role as the lead subject of the story[2] . The UK press fairs somewhat better, recording 62 articles in the last year that address issues such as: disability and abortion ; all-women shortlists [3]

targets for delivery of key public services that are vital for women's equality, such as childcare and social care. There's a more detailed briefing about the Gender Equality Bill here . You can help to promote our call by sharing

on by recent changes to public spending. What happens at Westminster hugely affects us all. We'd like your support in asking candidates how they will protect and support women and children from discrimination, poverty and harm.

this could impact on local public services relied on by women. Our Gender Edit Engender has produced a Gender Edit of the Budget , which compiles the full list of references to women in the Budget to see the relatively small number of areas

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