Facts and Figures

Women and work

Women working full-time earn, on average, 17% less an hour than men working full-time. For women working part-time the gap is 36% an hour.

Two-fifths of women in employment in Britain work part-time, compared with 11% of men

11% of directors of the UK's top 100 companies are women

Employees in Britain work the longest hours of developed nations (more than 25% work more than 45 hours a week), with men working much longer hours on average than women, mainly due to women’s caring responsibilities

Women and pensions and benefits

Benefits make up 21% of the average woman's income and just 8% of the average man's income.

One in five single women pensioners risk being in poverty in retirement.

Retired men on average have between £50 to £100 per week more private pension income than women of the same age.

The numbers of women who are saving for retirement halves when they have a baby. The figure for men remains unchanged when they become new fathers.

Unpaid work

Women still carry out the bulk of unpaid work in the home, whether they have children or not

Women in full-time employment spend nearly 30% more time on childcare than men in full-time employment.

There are six million carers of elderly or disabled relatives in the UK, of whom 62% are women

Read the report

In 2005 Fawcett released a report looking at the many ways in which women do not have equal access to money.

Money, Money, Money - Is It Still a Rich Man's World? can be downloaded from the box on the right hand side of this page.