average, women earn 17% less than men in the United Kingdom (2008 figures) In 2007-2008 in Scotland, 27% of boys and 35 % of girls left school with five or more Highers 2010, 137 women were elected to the British Parliament as MPs. This was the highest number ever and just over 20% of the total number of politicians in The House of Commons. (Women make up just over 51% of the population) figures estimate that in the there are approximately 11 million people (15% of the population) who may be considered disabled. They are twice as likely to live in poverty compared to the rest of the population. 2004 Pakistani women had the highest unemployment rates in , at 20 per cent. The next highest female rates were among women from the Black African or Mixed ethnic groups (each 12 per cent). These rates were around three times the rates for White British and White Irish women (4 per cent each).
average, women earn 17% less than men in the United Kingdom (2008 figures) In 2007-2008 in Scotland, 27% of boys and 35 % of girls left school with five or more Highers 2010, 137 women were elected to the British Parliament as MPs. This was the highest number ever and just over 20% of the total number of politicians in The House of Commons. (Women make up just over 51% of the population) figures estimate that in the there are approximately 11 million people (15% of the population) who may be considered disabled. They are twice as likely to live in poverty compared to the rest of the population. 2004 Pakistani women had the highest unemployment rates in , at 20 per cent. The next highest female rates were among women from the Black African or Mixed ethnic groups (each 12 per cent). These rates were around three times the rates for White British and White Irish women (4 per cent each).
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