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Close the Gap works in Scotland on women’s participation in the labour market.
We work with policymakers, employers and employees to influence and enable action to address the causes of women’s inequality at work.
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📢Share your views on surrogacy in Scotland! Ahead of our submission to the @scotlawcom consultation on surrogacy law, we're keen to find out what people in Scotland think about surrogacy & wider issues. Find out more & fill in our 5 minute survey here: engender.org.uk/news/blo… 
2 days ago by EngenderScot
These jobs are predominantly done by women bc they’re more likely to be part-time & seen as “women’s work”. The skills involved “caring, welcoming and being customer service driven” are not “traditional female skills” but they are undervalued & underpaid bc they’re seen this way 3 days agoRetail jobs typically done by women, often part-time customer service roles, are disappearing due to the rise in online shopping. The analysis here as to why automation is affecting more women’s jobs than men’s is just lazy old gender stereotyping 🙄 theguardian.com/money/20… 3 days ago- Retail jobs typically done by women, often part-time customer service roles, are disappearing due to the rise in online shopping. The analysis here as to why automation is affecting more women’s jobs than men’s is just lazy old gender stereotyping 🙄 theguardian.com/money/20… 3 days ago
A report by @closethepaygap analyses how employees in #Scotland used #flexibleworking between 2010 and 2015, and evaluates the #UK government’s decision to extend flexible working to all employees.
allwork.space/2019/09/fl…
#FlexibleWorkspace #GenderGap #FutureOfWork #Flexibility 
4 days ago by Allwork_space
