Gender Audit 1997

GENDER AUDIT 1997This is the fifth report on the position of women in Scottishlife, compiled on behalf of ENGENDER, an information,research and networking organisation for women inScotland.Editors: Fiona Mackay andChrisma BouldContributors: Esther Breitenbach, Alice Brown,Jill Brown, Chrisma Bould andElspeth Hosie, Megan Ciotti,Sarah Coleman, Lorna Guthrie,Fiona Mackay, Gill Scott,Connie Smith, and Jan Webb.Published by ENGENDER, 1997ISBN: 0 9523593 4 0.Print version by Edinburgh University Reprographics UnitWeb version also available on Engender site: http://www..engender.org.ukPDF version by Lesley Duff, Quine Online, http://www.quine.org.ukCONTENTSA call for action 3Introduction 5Overview 10PART ONE: COMMENTARIESParty Politics and the 1997 General Election 25Women, Equality and a Scottish Parliament 32Poverty 40Violence 52PART TWO: UPDATES & STATISTICAL TABLESArts 72Business 80Childcare 83Education 88Employment 102Family Trends and Family Law 111Health 118Housing 131Law 135Local Government 140Media 145Poverty 149Public Bodies 155Trade Unions 163Violence 164Voluntary Organisations 172End note 176What is Engender 177A call for actionENGENDER has long argued that the development of accurate data on women’s lives is essentialif action to empower women is to work, if targets are to be set and if progress is to be monitored. has demanded that the production, collation and publication of statistics which ‘putScottish women in ...