Figures compiled by BBC News show that fewer than 1/3 of the UK's most inflential jobs are currently held by women.
Women occupy on average 30.9% of the most senior positions across 11
key sectors analysed by the BBC, including business, politics and
policing.The armed forces and judiciary have the fewest women in top
posts - 1.3% and 13.2% respectively - while secondary education has the
most (36.7%).
Campaign group the Fawcett Society said progress was still too slow.
"Men outnumber women by four to one in Parliament and only a
third of local councillors are women," the group's Preethi Sundaram
said.
"When we look at the top quarters of power in the political
world there are only five women there out of 22… It's quite an appalling
fact really."
The European Commission is considering new laws to get more women into
the top management jobs. Currently, just one in seven board members at
Europe's top firms are women.
You can read more on this story as well as statistics on women in top jobs here: Women hold fewer than one third of top jobs.
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