Gender Statistics

• Work and Employment

  • ONS: Gender pay gap at 14.3%
  • 70% of minimum wage workers are women
  • 95% of 200 deaths at work are male
  • UK Feminista: 30,000 women fired a year for pregnancy
• Health

  • Females lives 4 years longer
  • Males 3x more likely to commit suicide
• Education

  • Boys 2x more likely to have SEN
  • Boys 4x more likely to be excluded
  • Average pass rate for girls at GCSEs is 10% higher
• Poverty

  • 1/4 of women will live below poverty line in retirement, twice more than men
  • Women make up 70% of world's poor
• Wealth

  • Women own 1% of the worlds wealth (UN)