The Centenary Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 9 January 2018.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 2:06, 9 January 2018

I thank the First Minister for that answer. In November 2017, data from the World Economic Forum showed for the first time a year-on-year worsening of the gender gap since 2006. In fact, the group predicts that it would take a century to close all areas of equality that it monitors globally, well up from the 83 years predicted in 2016. They predict that women will have to wait 217 years before they earn as much as men and are equally represented in the workplace. So, will you join me in backing Chwarae Teg's goal to make Wales the global leader in gender equality with their fair play employer benchmark, and embed this in the Welsh Government's economic action plan?