"The provision of state funded and democratically accountable care services represents one of the most potentially transformative advances in gendered social relations and equality for women by 'defamilizing' care and providing paid work. But the cost of providing these services, which women...

The gender pay gap (GPG) exists in every European country, but it varies considerably, even in EU member states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality. Part of the variation can be explained by different patterns of social partnership. With current policy pressure to de-centralise...

National frameworks and the gender pay gap in Italy, Poland and the UK: comparing oranges with apples? / Hazel Conley, Alberto Mattei, Urszula Torbus, Joanna Nowakowska-Malusecka -- Decentralisation and the gender pay gap in the Italian context: case studies / Donata Favaro, Nicoletta Masiero,...

1. Introduction -- 2. Women's equality and the welfare state : contradictory political landscapes -- 3. Dreams and visions of feminist equality in the local state -- 4. Translating dreams into practice : practitioner reflections -- 5. Implementing the Gender Equality Duty : looking through the...

The focus of this chapter is intersectional bullying and harassment in the rail sector in Britain, where the workforce is male-dominated, gender-segregated and ethnically diverse. There have been significant gender and race equality issues in the sector that have resulted in a number of high...