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Equal Rights for Women | What needs to change for an equal workplace?

Employment Lawyer, Mohini Bharania, shares passionate thought leadership on the changes that need to be made in order to push for progress in the name of equal rights and equality in the workplace. For more information on careers at Slater and Gordon Lawyers, visit https://www.slatergordon.co.uk/contac... For legal advice with a specialist solicitor, call Slater and Gordon Lawyers today on 0808 175 7783, or contact us online at https://www.slatergordon.co.uk/contac... Transcript: I think 2018 is an important year. It’s the centenary of when women were first given the right to vote in this country. It took another ten years for them to get the vote on the same terms as men, and then 50 years ago in 1968 it was the strike by the sewing machinists in Ford Dagenham that led to the Equality Act in 1970, and this was the first legislation that talked about equality, and it’s remarkable that 48 years later women still learn less than men. I think the law can provide a framework for equality, but what we need is real equality that matters on a day to day basis. We need to tackle unconscious bias and stereotyping, which often starts at early age in our school years. It’s the subjects that girls are encouraged to take and study, and the career paths that they are encouraged to follow, and more importantly it’s how women are perceived in the workplace once they decide to have children. I think the gender pay gap in the UK is largely attributable to the fact women have childcare and caring responsibilities. This pay gap widens for women in their mid-30s and this probably, likely, because this is the age when women have childcare or caring responsibilities and it’s at this point in their careers they request flexible working. I think there needs to be proper investment into high quality and affordable childcare. We need to have better paid leave provisions for fathers and carers and, importantly, we need to have pay transparency. Gender pay gap reporting is not enough. Sadly, in my lifetime women will not be paid equally with men. I hope in my son’s lifetime it might happen. Equality is a struggle, but equality is about dignity and equality is our right. Equal means equal.