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Examining the potential for women returners to work in areas of high occupational gender segregation

This is a review of the employment and earnings potential of women who return to employment after a period of caring for children or other family members. It includes analysis of the literature and statistical data on women’s employment histories, the kinds of jobs they do and what they are paid. It also looks at women’s qualifications and skills and the way in which their employment reflects their skills and explores employers attitudes to women returners and the training opportunities available to them.

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Delivering on Gender Equality: A Progress Report on the Gender Equality Public Service Agreement 2003-2006

Supporting Gender Equality across Government

This document aims to chart progress on the cross-Government Gender Equality PSA 2003-2006, by reporting on progress against individual departmental targets throughout 2004, and forms part of the DTI delivery plan. It also highlights a number of excellent contributions on the broad range of initiatives being taken forward more widely across government and the devolved administrations, which will have an impact on reducing gender equalities.

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Commission for Equality and Human Rights Location Study November 2005

Race Equality Impact Assessment on proposals for the location of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (November 2005)

Women in Public Life Keyfacts (October 2005) downloaded only from the WEU Website www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk

Civil Partnership Legal recognition for same-sex couples Booklet To order, please quote URN 05/1485

Partneriaeth Sifil Cydnabyddiaeth gyfreithiol I barau un – rhyw O Ragfyr 2005 To order, please quote URN 05/1485W

Civil Partnership Legal recognition for same-sex couples Leaflet To order, please quote URN 05/1484

Examining the potential for women returners to work in areas of high occupational gender segregation (PDF, 5.42MB)

Executive Summary (PDF, 21.8KB)

Individual Incomes of men and women 1996/97 to 2003/04

(May 2005)

The latest individual income statistics which provide analyses of the weekly individual income of women and men in Great Britain, for both couples and single persons. More

Full report ( PDF, 534KB)

Standard tables( PDF, 537KB)

Statistical press release ( PDF, 422KB)

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 – The Questions Procedure To order, please quote URN 05/1348

Equality and Diversity: Updating the Sex Discrimination Act – Government Response to Consultation To order, please quote URN 05/1345

Equality and Diversity: Updating the Sex Discrimination Act - Consultation Document To order, please quote URN 05/503

CYDRADDOLDEB AC AMRYWIAETH: Diweddaru’r Ddeddf Gwahaniaethu ar Sail Rhyw To order, please quote URN 05/503W

The Women and Work Commission's Interim Statement

The Women and Work Commission's Interim Statement "A Fair Deal for women in the Workplace" was published on 8 March 2005.

Download Interim Statement To order, please quote URN 05/907

Gender Reassignment – A Guide for Employers (January 2005) To order, please quote URN 05/504

Equality Bill – An Easyread Guide To order, please quote URN 05/1370

Minority Ethnic Women in the UK (2005) downloaded only from the WEU Website www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk

Interim Update of Key Indicators of Women's position in Britain (December 2004) (PDF, 1652KB)

Key findings (MS Word, 1043KB)

Research summary (MS Word, 1052KB)

Statistics on women in the UK labour market January 2005 (MS Word)

Statistics on women in the UK labour market November 2004

Statistics on women in the UK labour market September 2004

Statistics on women in the UK labour market April 2004

Statistics on women in the UK labour market January 2004

Interim Update of Key Indicators of Women's position in Britain (December 2004)

This report provides a comprehensive overview of available up-to-date statistics on women in Britain and updates the information in the November 2002 publication 'Key indicators of women's position in Britain'. This research pulls together a wide range of facts and figures on women's position relative to that of men. It presents reliable and up-to-date information on women and provides a useful baseline against which further improvements could be monitored. A full update of the report, including potential revisions to the indicators themselves, is planned for 2006.

The report covers issues such as population and demographic characteristics; economic activity and employment; work-life balance; education and training; financial resources; participation in public life; health; crime and transport.

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Download key findings (MS Word, 1043KB)