Trouble with Working Women, The
- Synopsis
- Two programmes examining the social issues behind the gender pay gap.
Episode 1: WHY CAN’T A WOMAN SUCCEED LIKE A MAN?
The first of two provocative BBC TV programmes presented by newsreader and mum-of-three Sophie Raworth, and reporter and father-of-three Justin Rowlatt. In a competitive mood from the off, Justin and Sophie explore the thorny issue of what we really think of women at work - Why is it that men still dominate the top jobs?; Can women have it all?; Has gender equality gone too far?; What - if anything - is holding women back?
Episode 2: WHY CAN’T WOMEN EARN AS MUCH AS A MAN?
The second programme looks at pay, asking why there is still a pay gap decades after the Equal Pay Act. The presenters want to find out why the average pay gap is 17 per cent. And it not just professional curiosity; as parents of girls, the pair really want to know. On their journey Sophie and Justin meet professionals, mums and academics, and do some of their own tests, asking whether it is just sexism at play or if there are more complex reasons. Could it be that women are actually choosing to earn less? And they find some shocking facts: in the US thin women earn more than fat women; girls who go to single-sex schools go on to earn more; hundreds of thousands of women in the UK are illegally paid less than their male counterparts.
The programmes also feature specially commissioned surveys that throw new light on the debate. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2009
- Year of production
- 2009
- Notes
- Broadcast in two parts on BBC2 on 18/5/2009 and19/9/2009
- Subjects
- Business studies; Social Studies; Women’s studies
- Keywords
- employment issues; equality of opportunity; pay determination; women workers
Credits
- Contributor
- Justin Rowlatt; Sophie Raworth
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £195.00 each part or £331.50 the set
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 2x 60 minutes
- Year
- 2010
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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