A lack of government action to tackle gender stereotypes in schools has contributed to women's pay failing to catch up with men's, a report has said.
The Women and Work Commission, which was established to consider how to close the gender pay gap, said it had widened to 22.6% from 21.9% in 2007.
Three years after its first report, the commission said women were still being pushed into "traditional" jobs.
It called for a strategy to tackle stereotyping in careers advice.
"The government is committed to tackling inequalities in the workplace and progress has been made across the public sector and in helping women get the skills and training they need," said Baroness Margaret Prosser, chair of the commission.
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