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Women and the charity sector

Pro Bono Economics 13 November 2023

Equalities Governance and Trustees Workforce

Among its key findings, the report found:

The charity sector has created an additional 120,000 jobs for women over the past decade, to become the source of one in every 25 jobs filled by women in 2022,
women contribute an estimated 64% of the hours worked in civil society, compared to men’s 36%,
women in the charity sector contributed £19bn to the economy in 2019 – this includes a contribution of £9.9bn through volunteering and £9.2bn through their work as employees in the charity sector,
women make up between 56%-63% of the sector’s CEOs overall - that falls to 35% of the CEOs of the largest charities and 46% of the CEOs of the oldest charities.
and in 2022, 72% of women gave money to charitable causes in the previous month, compared to 61% of men.

See also https://tfn.scot/news/gender-imbalance-is-holding-back-the-charity-sector

https://www.probonoeconomics.com/women-in-charities

Last modified on 19 December 2023