A report on equality in British society (Equalities Review,) commissioned by the Prime Minister in 2005, denounced "unacceptable levels" of inequalities. The main discovery in this enquiry concerns the employment of mothers of children under 11, who have 45% less chances to work than a man. This figure corroborates a study carried out by the national commission on women and employment, which questioned 122 employment agencies and found out that 70% of them supposedly receive orders from their clients to avoid employing women if they are pregnant or have very young children. (Ref. 070201)
An “intolerable” discrimination towards women. The report, called Fairness and Freedom, reviewed all instances of unfairness and discrimination, towards disabled people, elderly unemployed people, homosexuals or people coming from ethnic minorities. It was set out in order to evaluate the task of the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR, see our story n°06887). However, its conclusions mostly suggest a new program in favour of mothers, in addition to all those already known. The
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