Reporting on Progress Towards Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men Made by Public Authorities in Scotland: Ministerial Priorities for Gender Equality - Tackling Occupational Segregation: A Review of Key Evidence and National Policies
The current Gender Equality Duty requires Scottish Ministers to set out priority areas that they have identified across the functions and activities relevant to Scottish public authorities and then provide an overview of progress in these priority areas by 1 July 2010 (and at least every three years thereafter). Scottish Ministers agreed two priority areas for the advancement of equality of opportunity between women and men in Scotland, namely: tackling occupational segregation and violence against women. To enable Scottish Ministers to provide an overview of progress, the following was undertaken for each priority area: a review of key evidence and national policies; a review of a sample of public authority documents; and case studies with a sample of public authorities. Four reports have been published; two reports for each priority area: one reporting on the public authority document review and case studies and the other reporting on the evidence and national policy review. This report is focused on occupational segregation and is informed by the findings of the evidence and national policy review undertaken by Communities Analytical Services Division, Scottish Government.
