Policy Dialogue event<\/strong><\/p>\n Professor Susan Halford and Professor Pauline Leonard,\u00a0Work Futures Research Centre, University of Southampton<\/p>\n Thursday 11th June 2015 Find the event on storify: bit.ly\/GenEqUoSstorify<\/a>\u00a0(thanks authoring @commutiny – Roxanne Persaud)<\/p>\n Tweets use #GenEqUoS<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(some earlier tweets used #GenderEqualityUoS<\/a>)<\/p>\n The 1968 strike by women machinists at the Ford car plants in Dagenham paved the way for UK legislation on Equal Pay (1970) and Sex Discrimination (1974). Over 40 years later how far have we come in achieving gender equality for in the work place and how far have we still to go? This policy commission presents the views of expert from politics, business, the trade unions, the third sector and international research organisations and analyse policy challenges and priorities for the next government.<\/p>\n Co-sponsored by Alan Whitehead MP<\/a> and Caroline Nokes MP<\/a>, this event is a continuation from a successful session previously hosted by the research team in 2013, entitled\u00a0Gender Equality at Work: How far have we come and how far have we still got to go?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Policy brief:<\/strong> Gender Equality at Work 2015: New Policies for Old Challenges<\/a>
\n6.00pm \u2013 8.00pm
\nThe Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, London<\/p>\n\n\n
\n 6.00pm<\/td>\n \u00a0Introduction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n by\u00a0Susan Halford<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Pauline Leonard<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00a06.05pm<\/td>\n \u00a0Panel Discussion chaired by Alan Whitehead<\/strong>, MP Southampton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Ceri Goddard<\/strong>, Director of Gender, The Young Foundation
\nScarlet Harris<\/strong>, TUC Women\u2019s Equality Officer
\nLena Levy<\/strong>, Head of CBI’s (Confederation of British Industry) Labour Market Team
\nThe Baroness Margaret Prosser OBE<\/strong>, Member of the House of Lords
\nGill Rider<\/strong>, Chair of Council, University of Southampton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 7.05pm<\/td>\n Audience Q&A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7.50pm<\/td>\n Summary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8.00pm<\/td>\n Close<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n until
\n9.00pm<\/td>\nInformal\u00a0after-discussion
\nCanap\u00e9s and drinks will be available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nExecutive Summary of the policy brief:<\/strong> Gender Equality at Work 2015: New Policies for Old Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n