Statistics

• Work and employment

  • Pregnant then screwed report 2025 - around 74k women lose jobs due to pregnancy every year
  • 2022 Gender inequality in the workplace Randstadt - 67% of women have experienced inappropriate behaviour from male colleagues
• Income and wealth

  • Low pay commission 2007: 70% of people in national minimum wage jobs are women
  • ONS 2016: even though women make up majority of secretarial jobs, they are paid 48% less than men
• Crime

  • ONS 2020 - 73% of homicide victims were males
  • Gov.uk 2022 - 4% of prison population are females
• Poverty

  • Prudential 2011: Survey of 1000 adults - 25% of women will be living below the poverty line, compared to 12% of men
  • Global citizen 2014: women make up half the worlds population & rep 70% of the worlds poor