Survey of women in work, published on International Women's Day, ranks UK 18th of 27 countries on job security and pay
Women in the UK have lower job security and greater pay inequality than those in other developed countries, research shows. They are also less likely to be in work than their counterparts in other OECD countries, according to the report by PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PwC).
The Women in Work Index ranked the UK 18th of 27 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries in five areas of "female economic empowerment" such as pay equality, the female unemployment rate, and the proportion of women working full-time. The figures were from 2011, the latest year for which comparable data was available.
See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/mar/08/british-women-equality-employment-scale
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