Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
29th May 2012, 11:21
As Thom Yorke once said, 'No surprises'. Nevertheless...
Fewer than a third of the UK's most influential jobs are held by women, figures compiled by BBC News show.
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."
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18187449)
Fewer than a third of the UK's most influential jobs are held by women, figures compiled by BBC News show.
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."
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18187449)