This is a list of resources relating to our mission, covering work and business challenges, the gender pay gap and other financial inequalities, gendered ageism and anything else that may be of interest or useful to fuel a debate or challenge a policy.  If you’d like to offer items for adding to the list please use this form.   These should be factual / research-based / statistical and from relevant / reliable organisations.

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AGEISM:

The World Health Organization’s global report on ageism

The WHO toolkit

The WHO Global Campaign to Combat Ageism.  #AWorld4AllAges.

Age Without Limits, supporting the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism. www.agewithoutlimits.org

 

GENDER PAY GAP:

Research from the Fawcett Society 

Data from ONS for ASHE is available here

Analysis by the TUC is available here and their latest report, published February 2024 is here

The UK’s Gender Pay Gap website can be searched by employer or sector and is available here

Commentary on 2023 Government data

HESA re graduate gender pay gap : statistics and report overview here.

Women In Work Summit tackling workplace inequalities and hosts of a major annual conference

 

OTHER FINANCIAL INEQUALITIES:

Gender Pensions Gap :

• Government reporting on the gender pensions gap here
• From the TUC : research findings here and here
• Prospect trade union latest annual Gender Pension Gap report

The motherhood penalty :

 

GENERAL INTEREST:

Generational commentator Dr Eliza Filby click here

 

BUSINESS INVESTMENT:

Government Equality Hub: Women-led high-growth enterprise taskforce report can be found here

British Business Bank report on equity funding can be found here

World Economic Forum commentary on investment in women-led businesses can be found here

House of Commons Committee report on venture capital funding can be found here

Investment schemes:
EIS for later stage start-up funding  (EIS) information can be found here.
SEIS for early stage start-ups : information can be found here.

 

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