Women in work

Earlier this month the Women and Work comission published there 'Sharing a frairer futre' report'. Which shed light on some rather startling statisitics, namely that women still earn on average a 17%less than their male counterparts.

Something that is particularly intersting from the Agender perspective is this quote from the report:

The Commission estimates that removing barriers to women working in
occupations traditionally done by men, and increasing women’s participation in the labour market, could be worth between £15 billion and £23 billion or 1.3 to 2.0 per cent of GDP.
(Women in work, 2006)
And to this end here is one of many recomendations, that fits exactly with the Agender projects objectives:

The Sector Skills Councils should workwith employers on providing and
promoting Apprenticeships for women in industries where there are skills shortages.
The development of a comprehensive plan to tackle the segregation of jobs, into
those mostly done by one gender or the other, should be part of every Sector Skills
Agreement.
(Women in work, 2006)
This is just an initiallook at this report and as I read through the entire 148 pages of it there is sure to be more to report on but for now you can
get the full report here.