Equal Power 2028

2028 will mark the centenary of the Equal Franchise Act, which gave women the vote on equal terms to men. Yet today women are still missing from positions of power.

Research from Cranfield business school shows that, in 2007, women hold just 7.2% of all FTSE 100 directorships. Non-executive women directors are making slightly better inroads into male-dominated boardrooms, having achieved 10% of top non-executive seats. But only one woman has made it to CEO, and only one woman chairs a FTSE 100 board.

Women working full-time are paid on average 17% less an hour than men (or 38% less if they work part-time)

Yesterday, 3rd June, The Fawcett Society, the UK's leading campaign for equality between women and men established in 1866, launch their new campaign called Equal Power 2028. Its aim was to demands for the next 21 years so that equality between women and men can finally be achieved.

The event which featured an address and Q+A with Barbara Follett, Minister for the East of England and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions and member of the Fawcett Society. This was preceded by short service and wreath laying ceremony at Westminster Abbey commemorating the life of Millicent Fawcett, the founder of the Society.

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Fawcett Society website