Campaigning for equal pay – 50 years on
Equal Pay Day Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1970, the fight for equal pay remains a live issue...
Equal Pay and Devolution in Wales
Equality and Devolution in Wales: A Distinct Approach Wales is often characterised as demonstrating a distinct approach to equality...
The Equal Opportunities Commission: an achievement of its time?
The equality body was however an institution of its time, embedded in political and economic contexts that necessarily impacted...
IWD2022: Women’s Activism on the Screen: Leeds – United! (1974) and the 1970 Leeds Clothing Workers Strike
As part of the Gender Equalities at Work project, the Leeds Clothing Workers Strike will be situated within a...
IWD2022: Business as Usual? Using film to challenge sexual harassment in the 1980s
Business as Usual was inspired by the 1983 real life case of Audrey White, whose story in her own...
IWD2022: Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again)
Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again) There have been hundreds of strikes about pay at the Ford Motor...
Gender equalities at work: Black and Asian women and the misrecognition of intersectional justice claims
My earlier blog post took an intersectional perspective to look back from the Equality Act to consider how the SDA...
Making sexual harassment history: the UK context
Transatlantic influences Sexual harassment as a concept was developed by grassroots women’s rights activists in North America in the...
Showing9posts from cats: People
Educate the young so that our future workers understand their rights
“They are protesting for more pay,” she told me. I was glad that she understood that it wasn’t about the...
Campaigning for equal pay – 50 years on
Equal Pay Day Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1970, the fight for equal pay remains a live issue...
Gender equality and local government employees in the 1990s: Scotland and Wales
The prospect of reorganisation of local government in Scotland and Wales in 1996 led to a successful research application...
IWD2022: Women’s Activism on the Screen: Leeds – United! (1974) and the 1970 Leeds Clothing Workers Strike
As part of the Gender Equalities at Work project, the Leeds Clothing Workers Strike will be situated within a...
IWD2022: Business as Usual? Using film to challenge sexual harassment in the 1980s
Business as Usual was inspired by the 1983 real life case of Audrey White, whose story in her own...
IWD2022: Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again)
Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again) There have been hundreds of strikes about pay at the Ford Motor...
IWD2022: Strikes on screen
During the week of International Women’s Day, we’ll look at three key examples in detail: Made in Dagenham, Business...
The Equal Pay Act 1970 and Women-led Industrial Disputes, 1964-86
These disputes occurred within a wider context of industrial militancy in Britain, with significant rank-and-file victories, including the 1972...
Gender equalities at work: Black and Asian women and the misrecognition of intersectional justice claims
My earlier blog post took an intersectional perspective to look back from the Equality Act to consider how the SDA...
Showing9posts from cats: Politics
Equal Pay and Devolution in Wales
Equality and Devolution in Wales: A Distinct Approach Wales is often characterised as demonstrating a distinct approach to equality...
Gender equality and local government employees in the 1990s: Scotland and Wales
The prospect of reorganisation of local government in Scotland and Wales in 1996 led to a successful research application...
The Equal Opportunities Commission: an achievement of its time?
The equality body was however an institution of its time, embedded in political and economic contexts that necessarily impacted...
IWD2022: Women’s Activism on the Screen: Leeds – United! (1974) and the 1970 Leeds Clothing Workers Strike
As part of the Gender Equalities at Work project, the Leeds Clothing Workers Strike will be situated within a...
IWD2022: Business as Usual? Using film to challenge sexual harassment in the 1980s
Business as Usual was inspired by the 1983 real life case of Audrey White, whose story in her own...
IWD2022: Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again)
Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again) There have been hundreds of strikes about pay at the Ford Motor...
The Equal Pay Act 1970 and Women-led Industrial Disputes, 1964-86
These disputes occurred within a wider context of industrial militancy in Britain, with significant rank-and-file victories, including the 1972...
Gender equalities at work: Black and Asian women and the misrecognition of intersectional justice claims
My earlier blog post took an intersectional perspective to look back from the Equality Act to consider how the SDA...
Showing9posts from cats: People
Educate the young so that our future workers understand their rights
“They are protesting for more pay,” she told me. I was glad that she understood that it wasn’t about the...
Campaigning for equal pay – 50 years on
Equal Pay Day Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1970, the fight for equal pay remains a live issue...
Gender equality and local government employees in the 1990s: Scotland and Wales
The prospect of reorganisation of local government in Scotland and Wales in 1996 led to a successful research application...
IWD2022: Women’s Activism on the Screen: Leeds – United! (1974) and the 1970 Leeds Clothing Workers Strike
As part of the Gender Equalities at Work project, the Leeds Clothing Workers Strike will be situated within a...
IWD2022: Business as Usual? Using film to challenge sexual harassment in the 1980s
Business as Usual was inspired by the 1983 real life case of Audrey White, whose story in her own...
IWD2022: Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again)
Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again) There have been hundreds of strikes about pay at the Ford Motor...
IWD2022: Strikes on screen
During the week of International Women’s Day, we’ll look at three key examples in detail: Made in Dagenham, Business...
The Equal Pay Act 1970 and Women-led Industrial Disputes, 1964-86
These disputes occurred within a wider context of industrial militancy in Britain, with significant rank-and-file victories, including the 1972...
Gender equalities at work: Black and Asian women and the misrecognition of intersectional justice claims
My earlier blog post took an intersectional perspective to look back from the Equality Act to consider how the SDA...
Showing12posts from cats: Culture
IWD2022: Women’s Activism on the Screen: Leeds – United! (1974) and the 1970 Leeds Clothing Workers Strike
As part of the Gender Equalities at Work project, the Leeds Clothing Workers Strike will be situated within a...
IWD2022: Business as Usual? Using film to challenge sexual harassment in the 1980s
Business as Usual was inspired by the 1983 real life case of Audrey White, whose story in her own...
IWD2022: Strikes on screen
During the week of International Women’s Day, we’ll look at three key examples in detail: Made in Dagenham, Business...
Gender equalities at work: Black and Asian women and the misrecognition of intersectional justice claims
My earlier blog post took an intersectional perspective to look back from the Equality Act to consider how the SDA...
Gender Equalities at Work – background to the project
We will be looking at a wide variety of sources to map out the timeline of events and actors...