Although legislation to ban discrimination against women in the workplace was passed 40 years ago, The Fawcett Society has found that sexism still exists.  Its new campaign, Sexism and the City (2), will call for tough action to stamp it out.

The campaign follows hot on the heels of a report, Sexism and the City, which revealed pay discrepancies, differences in opportunities for career progression and examples of other discrimination, such as 30,000 women who lost their jobs last year as a result of being pregnant.

Women who work full time earn on average 17 per cent less than men and two thirds of low paid workers are women.  When it comes to breaking through the glass ceiling, only 11 per cent of FTSE 100 company directors are women.

The campaign which calls for an end to sexism in business and society, will be launched at an event at the London Development Agency later today.  Speakers at the launch will include Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Fleur Bothwick, Director of Diversity and Inclusiveness, Ernst & Young, and Dr Katherine Rake, Director of the Fawcett Society, all of whom will discuss their own experiences of sexism in the City.

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