Sexism | 4 ways to victory for women in the next 100 years

100 years ago, on 6^th February 1918, (some) women were finally given the right to vote. It was actually another decade before women were given the same voting rights as men but glossing over that, the right to vote was a huge step forward in terms of equality for women. It was the first of several victories including the right to run for parliament, domestic violence legislation, maternity leave and equal pay legislation.

 A century on and it often feels that progress for women is now painfully slow, glacial even, particularly when it comes to women in the workplace. The stats speak for themselves:

-  The Gender Paygap still hovers around 9% and in some instances is going backwards- The pay gap for women in their 20s is now five times greater than it was in 2011 (ONS).

-  Women make up just 32% of MPs, 28% of court judges, just over a 5^th of university vice chancellors and 21% of senior police ranks.