\u2018Gender Equality at every stage: a Roadmap for Change<\/a>\u2019 setting out government action to address this and other persistent gendered barriers at every life stage. Actions include: supporting employers to promote gender-balanced progression in the workplace; continuing to develop the evidence base on what works through our Workplace & Gender Equality Programme; and working with local partners to help those who have taken time out for caring identify opportunities to return to work.<\/p>"}
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The Government, with cross-party support, has committed to build a new national Memorial to the Holocaust with a Learning Centre, alongside the Houses of Parliament. The Memorial will stand as a reminder to all in Parliament, and the whole nation, of our responsibility to remain vigilant against all forms of intolerance and bigotry.<\/p>
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Organisations with 250 or more employees are now required to publish specific gender pay gap data on an annual basis. We believe that this transparency is motivating employers to take action, but these regulations are new and we will be monitoring them closely.<\/p>
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We continue to urge employers to go beyond the reporting requirements by publishing an action plan, setting out the steps they are taking to improve gender equality, just under half of employers did this in the first year. I intend to write to all public sector employers urging them to develop a plan, and will meet influential business leaders to press them to take action in their sectors.<\/p>"}
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The Government Equalities Office met over 100 organisations in the run up to, and during the formal consultation period on the Gender Recognition Act, including LGBT groups, trans groups, women\u2019s groups, faith groups, foreign governments and other civil society groups. Since beginning its consultation engagement work, the specific trans organisations that officials from GEO have met with are:<\/p>
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The UK has some of the strongest anti-discrimination laws in Europe and we will be keeping all its protections after we leave the EU. We remain committed to promoting protection and support for LGBT people in the UK and around the world; our continuing membership of the Council of Europe, the UN, the Commonwealth, the Equal Rights Coalition and the European LGBTI Focal Points Network will support us in this work.<\/p>"}
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We are supporting the Hampton-Alexander Review, which has a target for all stakeholders to work together to increase the number of female Chairs, Senior Independent Directors and Executive Directors on FTSE 350 boards. This supports the overall target for women to hold 33% of senior leadership and board positions in the FTSE 350 by 2020.<\/p>
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Women hold a higher percentage of senior leadership positions than ever before: 27.6% of directorships in the FTSE 350 and 30.9% of directorships in the FTSE 100. The number of female Chairs in the FTSE 350 has nearly doubled since 2015.<\/p>"}
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The Government Equalities Office launched the £250,000 EnAble Fund in December 2018, which provides grants to help cover disability-related expenses people might face when seeking elected office, to ensure support is in place for the forthcoming local elections in May.<\/p>
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We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions, as part of our forthcoming strategy on gender equality and economic empowerment, to understand what more can be done to support parents to take Shared Parental Leave.<\/p>
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