Women

We want to give women real choice over their own lives – something that remains elusive for too many women in 21st Century Britain.

We will focus on five main areas:

1. Women in the workplace
2. Vulnerable women
3. Women in their communities
4. Women and ethnicity
5. Women in international development

We have already announced a number of policies, including:

• Measures to tackle the gender pay gap, including stronger legislation to prevent employers discriminating and better careers guidance for young women.
• The extension of the right to request flexible working to all parents with children under the age of 18.
• The introduction of a new system of flexible parental leave, so parents can decide how to divide paid maternity leave between them and are able to make use of it simultaneously.
• A new strategy to tackle violence against women, including a greater focus on preventative work in schools, better training for police and front-line professionals and new rape crisis centres.

A Conservative government will follow a joined-up, common sense approach to women’s issues and make our society fairer for everybody.