GENDER EQUALITY INDICATORS

1. GENDER EQUALITY INDICATORS • Beyond numbers which are changing too slowly • No quick fixes • Fundamental social values, identities and experiences

2. Men as norm- women as other • Valuing of stereotypically male behaviours, characteristics and skills in all areas of life

3. The UK situation • Women working part-time earn 40% less per hour than men working full-time • Impact on pensions • The feminisation of poverty

4. Some Issues • Equality vs equity • Mediocre women and men  • Gendered spheres. Need to change all spheres –interrelated • Need to enable men as well as women to change

5. FAMILIES • Sense of entitlement • Social comparison • What seems normative and feasible

6. CARING • Valuing caring- how to encourage men to take part in care at home? • Will need deep changes in work and wider social values • Back to numbers- men in caring jobs and caring roles • Valuing of these roles, socially and financially

7. Gender identity • Women and guilt • Men and stigma • Qualitative indicators- threatened identities v comfort with changing identities

9. WORKPLACES • Male model v socially sustainable work • Hours and intensity of work • “Family friendly” policies – gendered and marginalized • Undervaluing of “alternative” work patterns • Undermining of public policies • Valuing of “male” skills

10. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH The Dual Agenda- Gender Equity and Workplace Effectiveness

11. WIDER COMMUNITIES • Public policies, gender contracts and sense of entitlement • Assumptions about needs in communities • Leadership and participation in decision making