June's News Roundup

You'll have to wait until tomorrow for the actual weekend, but you can get that Friday feeling now with our women and work news roundup for June. Extra added bonus for all those suffering newsfeed fatigue - this post contains 0% Brexit. but we can't promise it won't inspire consternation for other reasons. Choice topics include the insidious impact of gender stereotyping on girls, and advice being given to employers to allow their employees to work flexibly so they can watch the football (who knew those trying to balance work and caring responsibilities had their priorities so wrong?). No need to break out the wildfire yet, as there are *some* things to be cheerful about, with HE pay rises to tackle the professorial gender pay gap, and Police Scotland introducing the hijab to their uniform. Refill your favourite slogan-emblazoned mug and have a read.

Scottish Government publishes report on gender pay gap

Higher education institutions in Ireland to risk funding penalties if they fail to address gender inequality

Storify of the review of the UK by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Engender’s shadow report to CESCR

Scottish Women’s Rights Centre launches new website

Do we give girls a real choice?

SPICe briefing on Universal Credit

Engender launch new joint report 'Securing Women’s Futures: Using Scotland’s new social security powers to close the gender equality gap'

Call for Holyrood to use new social security powers to mitigate impact of austerity on women

New report reveals women comprise 23% of boards, but just 14% of exec board seats

Council ordered to pay pension costs of hundreds of women it underpaid

MPs announce inquiry into women's workwear after woman sent home for refusing to wear high heels

Police Scotland introduce hijab to uniform to address low number of female Muslim police officers

Because football is the REALLY important reason why employers should support their staff to work flexibly

University of Essex hikes salaries for female professors to reduce pay gap, as existing policies had failed to make impact

Stop telling women they need to negotiate harder

And our favourite this month, this smashing piece:

Uncovered: the forgotten stories of Scotland's trailblazing female scientists