… 2008, which found that 4.9% of employees had experienced sex-based discrimination. Legislation on non-discrimination (2004) and gender equality (2005) acted as an …
… 2010 Equality Strategy. This policy aims to prevent discrimination, whether based on age, disability, gender … pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. It also aims to support and …
… of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1991, and specific … laws enacted to promote gender equality and prohibit discrimination, such as the Equality for Men and Women Act, … the campaign. Eurostat statistics (Employment Rate by Sex, 2013) show that there was a notable increase in female …