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Gender equality

Definition: Promoting gender equality in the work place, reducing gender gaps and supporting job desegregation

Theme H partnerships are concerned with reducing gender inequalities. The work has included the development of pay audit tools, producing training and support materials for careers advisers, providing women with access to science, engineering, ICT, transport and other sectors, and challenging both gender and ethnic stereotyping. Products include research on the employment of women in ICT, an e-learning website challenging stereotyping, live drama and drama DVD, research materials and role models on DVD.

Further Information:

• ECOTEC Thematic update paper: Theme H
• Theme H mainstreaming strategy

Training, Support and DevelopmentTraining, Support and Development products.

Visibility works - Keighley and District Training Association Ltd (Kadtal)Kadtal worked in collaboration with the Keighley Asian Women and Children's Centre to set up a new Crèche work agency and provide training to Asian women in obtaining childcare qualifications.

Welsh and English regional hub infrastructureThis project focuses on the impact and sustainability of the Welsh and English regional hub infrastructure of the JIVE partnership, and its effectiveness in addressing gender segregation in the labour market.

Welsh language and bilingual childminders in Wales: National Childminding Association The purpose of NCMA’s work in CWLWM is to consider how to better support Welsh language and bilingual childminders in Wales, and how to support more childminders to provide services through the medium of Welsh.

What century is this? The "What century is this?" campaign was the first outdoor advertising campaign around the issue of the gender pay gap in Scotland.

WINGS Four countries have come together to engage in a broad set of transnational activities which is adding significant value to local DP activities and which is developing new thinking and approaches to common problems.

Workforce development in childcare: National Day Nurseries Association The purpose of NDNA Cymru’s work in CWLWM is to support the workforce development needs of the sector, and raise the profile of childcare as a profession.

Working with employers and IAG The DP has been working with employers and IAG agencies to identify where women are under-represented in the workforce, and has been developing positive action strategies to address the imbalance.

2010 Rotherham LtdCase study of how JIVE helped a company recruit women into its construction business.

A Guide to JIVEA guide to the vision, aims, objectives and key partners in the JIVE partnership.

Accelerator programmeLinking women in employment and those economically inactive/unemployed with selected companies in a joint Accelerator programme, to discover new employment options, routes, channels.

Agender Project NewsNewsletters detailing work in progress.

Born Equal Transnational Report Czech 2005Born Equal Transnational Report Czech 2005.

Bridging the gap together (The Book)A collaborative approach towards closing the gender pay gap in Wales.

Bridging the gap toolkitContains four documents offering practical guidance to employers, education and training providers, policy makers and individuals (women and lone parents), plus executive summary in a large print version is available as well.

Buvaneswari Radhakrishnan Interview Scroll down then click on the link to listen to  Buvaneswari Radhakrishnan talking about how a project work placement has brought the beneficiary's skills up-to-date.

Cambridge Conference ReportReport for the 2004 Cambridge conference.

Campaign MaterialsCampaign materials.

Career Prospects after Career BreakMost of the academic studies on women returners have focused on women’s choices and career orientations (Doorewaard et al, 2004) as well as on trying to identify either the demands of women for returning to work or their fears and their differences compared to men (Healy, 2004; Healy and Kraithman, 1991; Shaw et al.

Case studies: People in non-traditional employment.Case studies of women and men embarking on non gender traditional employment.