Despite the fact that the global women's rights movement has become more active against the backdrop of sexual harassment revelations and gender pay gap reporting, UK women still experience discrimination in the workplace, the Young Women's Trust charity group said on Thursday in its report.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th September, 2018) Despite the fact that the global women's rights movement has become more active against the backdrop of sexual harassment revelations and gender pay gap reporting, UK women still experience discrimination in the workplace, the Young Women's Trust charity group said on Thursday in its report.
Last fall, the #MeToo movement, uniting victims of sexual harassment and protesting against sex abuse, was launched in many countries after a sexual scandal involving US film producer Harvey Weinstein erupted. Weinstein has been accused of unwanted sexual advances by about 100 women.
"Young women continue to face low pay and unlawful discrimination ... Young women still face significant barriers in the workplace including the gender pay gap and sexual harassment. A year on from the #MeToo movement, we have found that many young women still fear reporting sexual harassment," the report said.
According to the charity's survey, at least 19 percent of young women said they were paid less than their male colleagues who did similar work.
As many of 8 percent of the interviewed women said they had been subject to sexual harassment at work and reported it, while 15 percent said they had not reported their unwanted encounters, the charity added.
"One in five young women (18%) said that they are too scared to report sexual harassment at work and a quarter of young women (24%) would be reluctant to report sexual harassment for fear of losing their job, or fear of being given fewer hours (17%)," the report read further.
The year 2018 was declared the year of women in the United Kingdom, as it marks 100 years since UK women were given the right to vote, something which became a pivotal moment in the fight for women's rights.
