Women and Business
Many women who graduate from LSE go into a career in the business world, yet they are often unprepared for the inequalities they face there. The Students Union is committed to to raise awareness of this inequality and putting pressure upon both businesses and the governement to rectify this inequality. The Careers Service at LSE can provoide you with information and support if you want to pursue a career in business. Their office can be found at W610 in Tower 3. In addition, the Students Union has an extremely active Women in Business society, ( check out their stall at freshers fair, or email Su.Soc.Women-In-Business)
Some facts
The pay gap between men and women still stands at 18%, despite the introduction of equal pay legislation over 30 years ago.
Data from the National Management Salary Survey in 2001 revealed that the average female manager earned £34,789, while the average male manager earned £40,289. Women managers therefore earned around 86% of the average annual managerial salary of men.
In the FTSE 100 companies, just over one in ten non executive posts and only one in 40 executive posts are held by women. In 2002, only one company had a female Chief Executive Officer, and only 7.2% of directorships are held by women.
( Information taken from the Women and Equality Unit.)
