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Scotland’s Gender Equality Index 2023 – Read more

The Scottish Government’s 2023 update to its Gender Equality Index, measuring progress across six domains — Work, Money, Time, Knowledge, Power, and Health — plus additional indicators on violence against women and women-specific healthcare. Scotland scores 79 out of 100 overall. Power (score 56) is the lowest-scoring domain. Provides an authoritative, Scotland-specific evidence baseline for gender inequality.
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Positive Shifts, Persistent Problems: A Five-Year Analysis of Scottish Employer Gender Pay Gap Reporting – Read more

Close the Gap’s assessment of five years of Scottish employer gender pay gap reporting (2018-2022). Analyses the quality of reporting, the actions employers have taken, and whether reporting is creating meaningful change for women at work. Finds the average pay gap has remained stubbornly at 12%, but also identifies good practice examples of employers making real progress.
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Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025:Interim Review – Read more

This report by the Scottish Government contains an interim review of the Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025. It outlines progress and learnings to date, as well as identifying key next steps to take forward for the final year of the strategy. It aims to gather more evidence on the intersecting characteristics of people in Scotland. This evidence will be readily available for users with good practice shared to support the use of equality evidence. Should be read alongside the Equality Evidence Strategy 2023–2025
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Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025 – Read more

Scotland’s national strategy for improving the equality evidence base, covering March 2023 to December 2025. Sets out a vision across three principles (more robust data, better accessibility, and shared good practice) alongside a programme of improvement actions. Useful for analysts and policy officers working on equality data collection, PSED compliance, and intersectional analysis.
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Building Back Fairer for Women and Girls – Read more

A joint report from seven leading UK women’s and equality organisations setting out a post-pandemic vision for rebuilding public systems in ways that work for women and girls. Covers care, childcare, equal pay, flexible working, violence against women, social security, and political representation. Demonstrates how gender must be embedded across policy areas at a whole-system level.
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Equal Pay Day 2023: Unlocking Flexible Work – Read more

The Fawcett Society’s 2023 Equal Pay Day report based on a UK-wide survey of working-age people. Examines how women access flexible work and why women disproportionately rely on lower-paid, insecure forms of flexibility such as part-time and zero-hours contracts. Makes the case for flexible work as a default across all job types and pay levels, with specific policy asks for government and employers.
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Mainstreaming Gender in Public and Private Law Reform Processes: Practical Guide – Read more

A practical guide from the Council of Europe’s European Committee on Legal Co-operation to help policymakers and legal practitioners apply gender analysis during law and policy reform. Structured around five stages from identifying gender relevance through to monitoring and evaluating outcomes. Includes worked examples of gender-sensitive legislative reform from across Europe.
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Toolkit on Gender Mainstreaming in Council of Europe Monitoring Mechanisms – Read more

A toolkit from the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division to help its 22 monitoring mechanisms embed gender mainstreaming into their processes, country visits, reporting, and internal guidelines. Includes a practical checklist of gender mainstreaming actions for monitoring, inspection, and oversight bodies. Developed in response to a formal recommendation to strengthen gender mainstreaming across Council of Europe monitoring.

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