The Equality Gap
| Event Name | The Equality Gap |
| Start Date | 11th Mar 2010 1:00pm |
| End Date | 11th Mar 2010 2:00pm |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description |
RSA ThursdayLast year the World Economic Forum revealed that the UK had fallen to 81st position on an international league table for equal pay – behind Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, Syria and China. In the same year, new research showed that of the top 350 FTSE company boardrooms, 132 were men-only zones, and had absolutely no female representation at board level. 90% of those firms had an equality policy, but only 3% of them boasted a female Chief Executive. These figures are reflected throughout all aspects of British society. Male doctors earn an average of £15,000 more a year than their female colleagues, the Tate Modern displays works of art of which 88% are by men, 91% of high court judges are male, and only a fifth of British parliament is female. Gender equality campaigns are arguably one of the most urgent and relevant social justice movements in the UK today, so why are they marginalised, trivialised, and sniggered at or ignored by both men and women? How pervasive is the old-boy network today, and is it possible to infiltrate the ranks? Can we impose parity through quota legislation – as Norway, Spain and France have done, or is using the law to break the glass ceiling humiliating and culturally and socially ineffective? Join an influential panel of commentators as they discuss one of the most pressing social justice issues in the UK today. Speakers to include: Kat Banyard, feminist campaigner and author of The Equality Illusion; Dr Nina Power, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Roehampton University; Deb Leary OBE, Founder and CEO of Forensic Pathways and President of the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs, and Sunder Katwala, General Secretary of the Fabian Society. Chair: Ceri Goddard, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society
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