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Sex & Power 2022

Today we have published the 2022 Sex & Power Index - our biennial report which charts the progress towards equal representation for women in top jobs across the UK.

This year's Sex & Power Index shows a glacial pace of change, with men continuing to dominate most senior roles, with women outnumbered 2:1 by men. This has to change.

Where are the women in positions of power?

➡️ Less than 1/3 of the UK’s top jobs are filled by women.
➡️ There is an unacceptable lack of women of colour in positions of power and missing altogether from senior roles such as Supreme Court Justices, Metro Mayors, Police and Crime Commissioners and FTSE 100 CEOs.
➡️ The last two Westminster elections have seen scant progress with the proportion of female MPs at 34%, following the 2019 election.
➡️ Women remain just 8% of FTSE 100 CEOs.
➡️ Just 34% of those serving on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and related subgroups advising cabinet on the coronavirus response are women.

Read Sex & Power 2022

Join our calls for change

Sex & Power 2022 calls for Government, political parties and business to take action and address the lack of women's representation.

You, our wonderful supporters, can support our calls for change too, using your voice, networks and connections to share this year's Sex & Power Index.

➡️ Share on social media: use our social media toolkit filled with template posts and social media graphics to shout about the lack of women in positions of power.

📣 Support and amplify: we will be sharing Sex & Power findings and our calls for change across our social media channels - you can follow the conversation using the #SexAndPower hashtag.

✊ Read and share the Sex & Power Index: download on our website to find out how just how far away we from gender parity in key sectors such as sports, the media, law, arts and culture and across our political institutions.

We need your help to make misogyny a hate crime

📣 We are urgently calling for you, our supporters, to write to your MP and ask for their support to make misogyny a hate crime 👇

Crimes driven by misogyny - from online abuse to snatching Muslim women's headscarves in the street - are unacceptable. They must be recognised and recorded as hate crimes.

By asking your MP for support of the Newlove Amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, that passed with a great majority in the House of Lords this week, you can help ensure that action is taken to tackle violence against women and girls.

With determination, we continue our campaign and call for the Government to take action and address the misogynistic abuse women face. This is a real opportunity to make change happen.

It only takes 30 seconds to write to your MP using our online action and if we want Ministers to hear our calls, the time to act is now!

Write to your MP now

Ethnicity Pay Gap campaign: new research report

The 8th January marked Ethnicity Pay Gap Day established by the #EthnicityPayGap campaign. The extent of the ethnicity pay gap is staggering and stands at an estimated £3.2 billion a year - but there is no sense of urgency from Government to make ethnicity pay gap reporting mandatory.

As part of Ethnicity Pay Gap Day 2022, the campaign published The Impact of the Ethnicity Pay Gap on Black Women in the UK, showing that 52% of Black women in the UK are paid less than their white colleagues with pay disparity up to £10,000.

Alongside the #EthnicityPayGap campaign, Fawcett is renewing calls on Government to introduce intersectional, ethnicity pay gap reporting - as part of our latest Sex & Power Index.

Read #EthnicityPayGap report now

Become a Fawcett Society member today!

If you read our latest Sex & Power Index and feel frustrated that it's 2022 and we are still a long way off reaching gender equality - we have an idea! 💪

Join the Fawcett Society as a member. We are stronger together, fighting against gender inequality. You can be part of our movement to make real change to lives of women and girls in the UK and support our research and campaigns - making sure we can continue to call out sexism, misogyny and tackle gender stereotypes.

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In solidarity,
The Fawcett Team 💜

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