How the law can help you. I want to challenge parents and schools to look at what they can do to combat these stereotypes and to give young people genuine choices about their futures.
Employers have a role to play too.
By improving recruitment and working practices, for example by offering flexible working arrangements, they can encourage more applications from under-represented groups. It also confirms that certain professional and related occupations such as engineering, nursing, and computer programming are still heavily dominated by either women or men. Professional Occupations is available on the EOC website or from the numbers listed below. Take Your Daughters to Work day is on 26 April 2001.