Pay inadequacies between men and women are still a topical issue globally. It seems so backwards that these inequalities are still prevalent within the UK. There are many forms of discrimination, but generally, the term discrimination relates to when someone is treated ‘less favourably than another person because of their protective characteristic' (The Long Partnership, 2010) Women have a big enough struggle with gender discrimination and its upsetting to see that even within an industry that is female dominated, inequalities are still rife. The Equality Act 2010 (Government, 2010) was established to help try to prevent discrimination based on such things as gender and age although sometimes its hard to prove, especially when its only from yearly censuses that these types of pay inequalities are brought to light.
There are many ways us girls can stick together and help fight these injustices within the Western civilisation...
If you're interested in helping in our fight for equal pay to our male counterparts, there are many different marches you may be interested in attending...
http://www.bpw-europe.org/equal-pay-day
Thelongpartnership.co.uk (2010) Age Discrimination. [online] Available at: http://www.thelongpartnership.co.uk/helpsheets/index/6_9age.htm [Accessed: 23 Mar 2013].
Legislation.gov.uk (2010) Equality Act 2010. [online] Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents [Accessed: 23 Mar 2013].
ComRes (2009), CIPR Membership Survey: The State of the PR Profession, ComRes, London.
Its shocking that this still goes on. Somuch moreneeds to be done in this area
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