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‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering

The Guardian - UK

The gender pay gap looks different depending where you are on the income ladder

Despite decades of progress, the gender pay gap remains a persistent feature of the UK labour market. According to women’s rights charity the Fawcett Society, November 22 marked Equal Pay Day 2025 – the day when women effectively stop getting paid due to the wage gap with men.

The Conversation

Equal Pay Day to arrive two days early thanks to increasing gender pay gap, says charity

Equal Pay Day marks the point in the year when women stop being paid, compared to men

Evening Standard

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Wall Street titan admits she allocates 30% of her time to her kids because 'work life balance is a lie'

“The truth is I only have 100% of me, not 110%,” says the CEO of the $45-billion-a-year financial firm TIAA.

Fortune

Labour pledges to create more than 100,000 new nursery places

Exclusive: Party plans to set up more than 3,300 nurseries in existing primary schools in England for children from nine months old

The Guardian - UK

All parents, working or not, should have access to childcare, say experts in England

Rescue and reform manifesto from Early Education and Childcare Coalition calls for overhaul of model

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How much of a difference will the new childcare provision for two-year-olds make?

In today’s newsletter: Government-funded care was extended to younger children this month, but a study that looked at international examples says the system needs a wholesale overhaul

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Labour in a bind over much-needed childcare reform

Party is awaiting steer on what would be an expensive overhaul and is also keen to show commitment to fiscal restraint

The Guardian - UK

Childcare in England failing and falling behind much of world, charity says

Fawcett Society warns sector is lacking in ambition and delivery and calls for free ‘universal’ hours

The Guardian - UK

Women of Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage earn ‘almost third less than white British men’

Fawcett Society says gap revealed in its analysis of pay data ‘should be causing national outrage’

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly facing calls to resign after joke about date rape drug

Home secretary has apologised for remark at Downing Street reception about spiking his wife’s drink

The Guardian - UK

Famed feminist Dale Spender remembered for her wit, humour and commitment

She was intelligent, witty, prolific and brilliantly controversial.

The Canberra Times

Motherhood penalty laid bare: From co-workers comparing pregnant colleagues to broken race cars to senior women 'hazing' other moms

Women around the world told Fortune that they were asked to hide their baby bump from investors, pressured back to the office soon after giving birth and even outright told “mothers don’t succeed here”.

Fortune

Gender Pay Gap for UK Women Aged 40 and Over Predicted to Persist Until Retirement

The gender pay gap in earnings reflects economic inequality about older women entering retirement with lower accrued earnings.

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The Guardian - UK

Gender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over ‘will not close till they are pensioners’

Equal Pay Day report from Fawcett Society blames lack of flexible working in well-paid high-quality jobs

Fortune

The ‘motherhood penalty’ and its ‘outdated and toxic attitudes’ are driving women out of the workplace

The Fawcett Society has estimated that 249,124 working mothers have left their jobs, with "outdated and toxic attitudes around motherhood" largely to blame.

The Independent UK

Working mums ‘consider quitting’ job because of childcare responsibilities

Working parents need more support, report urges.

The Guardian - UK

Motherhood penalty ‘has driven 250,000 women out of jobs’

Cost and difficulties of balancing work and childcare has led one in 10 to quit, says Fawcett Society

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The Independent UK

Quarter of women with one child want more but can’t afford it, survey suggests

Women are less likely than men to be allowed to work flexibly for childcare reasons, report finds

The Guardian - UK

Working mothers in UK twice as likely as fathers to consider quitting job over childcare costs

One in five mothers of young children have thought about leaving workforce, survey shows

Daily Mirror

Black working mums forced to quit jobs after being hit by 'Motherhood Pay Penalty'

The Ethnicity Motherhood Pay Penalty Report shows Black and minoritised women do not earn as much after having children and the Fawcett Society have called for change

The Independent UK

UK press watchdog finds a tabloid column about hate for Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, was sexist

Britain's press watchdog has found a column in the The Sun tabloid about hatred for Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, was sexist

Tribune News Service

UK regulators make historic decision in sexism complaint over 2022 Meghan Markle article

In what became a landmark ruling, the U.K.’s Independent Press Standards Organisation chose to uphold sexism complaints regarding a 2022 article about Meghan Markle that triggered more than 25,000 responses after being published by The Sun.

Daily Record

Jeremy Clarkson guilty of sexism in column about Meghan Markle

The Sun will have to publish a summary of the findings against it on the same page as the column usually appears.

Wales Online

Front page apology as complaint about Jeremy Clarkson over Meghan column upheld

It is the first time a ruling like this has been made

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