Working Women’s Charter

Exactly 40 years A Working Women's Charter was published.   You can see a good TedX talk on it by Pamela Cox.   On Saturday, a group which admirably aims to provide policy debates with a historical perspective, History  & Policy, ran a meeting to reflect on  how many  of the original Charter's demands had been met, and what a new Charter might look like. The first Charter's 10 demands were (in abbreviated form - I looked for an online version of the more detailed list, but in vain): Equal pay Equal occupational opportunities Equal access to education and training Equal working conditions Equal legal rights Free childcare More paid…
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