Sex inequality is as strong as ever

Mar 31 2008 | Archive

EARLIER this month, to commemorate International Women's Day, there was a degree of focus around the ongoing, protracted travesty of unequal pay and inequity of opportunity that persistently pervades the North East labour market. Only very slow progress is being made in any sector of the economy or broader public life. Sadly, this lack of equality is still the norm for workers entering today's labour market. Read