Sexism and the City

Sexism and the City

Sexism and the City joins the dots between women's experiences in the workplace and a wider culture in which women are subject to sexist stereotypes and are increasingly sexually objectified.

Campaign overview

Sexism and the City - the campaign
Overview of the Sexism and the City campaign, which is shining a spotlight on the City and calling for an urgent transformation of workplace structures and attitudes.

Problem and solution

Problem and solution
When Government, businesses and individual employees come together to effect changes, we will see an end to the divisions between women and men at work.

Fawcett Charter

Fawcett Charter
Sign your organisation up to the Fawcett Charter and join a coalition of firms committed to challenging the objectification of women at work.

Just below the surface...

Just below the surface...
Just below the surface is a new initiative from Fawcett designed to raise public awareness of sexism at work, as part of Fawcett's Sexism and the City campaign.

Lap dancing club licensing

Reform lap dancing club licensing
Lap dancing clubs are licensed like any ordinary pub or cafe. Fawcett is campaigning to reform the way lap dancing clubs are licensed.

Share your story

Share your story
Do you work in the City of London? Have you experienced discrimination? Tell us about it. Anything you tell us will be kept strictly confidential.

Document downloads

Sexism and the City manifesto. April 2008
Campaign manifesto for Fawcett's campaign Sexism and the City, which shines a spotlight on one ‘square mile’ of the United Kingdom to expose the reality of women’s lives in workplaces up and down the country
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