Welcome to the February edition of the Eve-olution newsletter!
Contents
• Statistic of the month
• Book of the month
• The Creative Female Leader
• Job Opportunity
• Statistics from the Equal Opportunities Commission
• The Gender Equality Duty (GED)
• Manifesto
Statistics of the month
66% of working women say they are too scared to ask for a raise. Only 24% of men say the same. Source: Pay Finder/The Sun
Spending on handbags has soared by 146% in five years, to a record £350m. 60% of British women own at least 10 handbags, while 3% own at least 25. Source: The Daily Telegraph
Book of the month
The Interpretation of Murder - Jed Rubenfeld
Inspired by Sigmund Freud's only visit to America, The Interpretation of Murder is an intricate tale of murder and the mind’s most dangerous mysteries. It unfurls on a sweltering August evening in 1909 as Freud disembarks from the steamship George Washington, accompanied by Carl Jung, his rival and protégé. Across town, in an opulent apartment high above the city, a stunning young woman is found dangling from a chandelier - whipped, mutilated, and strangled.
The Interpretation of Murder leads readers from the salons of Gramercy Park, through secret passages, to Chinatown-even far below the currents of the East River where labourers are building the Manhattan Bridge. As Freud fends off a mysterious conspiracy to destroy him, Dr Younger (Freud’s American apprentice) is drawn into an equally thrilling adventure that takes him deep into the subterfuges of the human mind. This thought provoking book is a great start to an promising writing career.
Course information: The Creative Female Leader - April 2007
The April course dates of the Creative Female Leader have changed and it will now run on the 17th and 18th April 2007. If you are interested in this course, please let us know and we will send you further information at info@eve-olution.net
Job Opportunity
One of our large FTSE 100 clients within the East Midlands area is looking for a diversity specialist to drive and lead their commercially-focused diversity agenda.
This high profile senior level position will involve championing the commercial benefits of the diversity agenda at a senior level, and translating that agenda into real projects and pieces of work both within HR and across the organisation. You will need to have previous experience of working with gender and ethnicity aspects of a diversity strategy, as this will be the initial focus of the role. You will also be able to influence and network at all levels of the organisation, engendering real passion in those you work through to make things happen.
Diversity Manager, salary c£60,000
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact us at Strategi Selection, Telephone 0870 900 6645 or Email hr@strategi-group.com.
Interesting gender statistics from the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
| 1970s |
2006 |
| 9/10 men and 6/10 women of working age were in employment |
Employment rates:
79% of Men
70% of Women |
| 1/10 professionals were women |
2/5 professionals are women |
| Gap between women's and men's full-time hourly rate: 29% |
Women earn on average 17% per hour less than men for full-time work |
| There were 27 women MPs or 4.3% of the UK parliament |
There are 126 women MPs or 19.5% of the UK parliament |
Half of mothers with dependent children worked
A quarter of these mothers had children under the age of five years |
2/3 of mothers with dependent children work
55% of these mothers have children under the age of five years |
What is a worry in the statistics?
The annual earnings gap between men and women is 23%. Payment gap between men and women in the banking, insurance and pension industry is 41%. The private sector has a full-time gender gap of 22.5% compared with 13.3% in the public sector
There are still only two ethnic minority women MPs at Westminster, and 13 men.
Occupational segregation
1% of people in plumbing occupations are women; 2% of childcare workers are men.
The Gender Equality Duty (GED)
The Gender Equality Duty (GED) comes into force in April 2007. All public authorities in England, Wales and Scotland must demonstrate that they are promoting equality for women and men and that they are eliminating sexual discrimination and harassment. The question that many companies ask is: what is the GED and how will it affect your company?
Public authorities will have to look at their employment policies to see how they affect women and men. Some gender issues they may have to think about in accordance with the GED are:
- Is there a pay gap between men and women doing the same job or jobs of similar value?
- How could flexible working help staff and how will it benefit men and women?
- How do we recruit staff and are we likely to get a good gender balance of candidates?
- Do we have a gender imbalance? If so, how could we try and rectify the situation?
- Do we have a good return rate from maternity leave? If not, why and how can we improve?
The Pilot Project to the Equal Opportunities Commission examined the approach taken by 12 public organisations to tackling gender inequality. For some organisations taking part in the project, gender was a relatively weak area within their overall equality work. Eve-olution has developed several new training interventions, based on their five years of research and experience in this area. We have delivered successful female leadership training to hundreds of women, and continue to offer an in-house programme called 'Leading Edge', which we have now tailored for the public sector.
The 'Gender Equality Toolkit' is now available, tailored for each organisation. It provides a clear PowerPoint presentation, presenter’s notes, a trainer workbook and delegate notes with sessions to raise awareness of gender issues. A Train-the Trainer session is also available to ensure professional delivery.
Gender was a difficult topic for people to grasp, which suggested a need to raise awareness as a key precursor to effective involvement.
"We have started to realise that there is more to gender issues than you first realise" (Information taken from http://www.eoc.org.uk/employment; verbatim excerpts taken from the Report to the EOC - GPSD Pilot Project)
Our groundbreaking 'Gender Intelligence'™ workshops are designed to raise awareness of gender issues in a light and even-handed way. These have been enthusiastically received by our clients in both the public and private sector.
If you are interested in receiving further information about this topic, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@eve-olution.net or 0870 803 1434.
Our manifesto
We are dedicated to excellence and passionate about your development as inspirational Leaders. Eve-olution celebrates gender-difference and works with that difference to promote and sustain an inclusive and diverse workforce.
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