Manifesto

Manifesto for gender parity: Some long-term objectives…

(Note: these are just to give a flavour of the kinds of answers Gender Parity UK will be developing.)

We work towards a future where:

Boys and girls get equal support and opportunity with neither gender falling behind.
Similar numbers of men and women attend university
The incentives for men and women to enter training in a field where there is a majority of the opposite sex are equivalent.

We work towards a future where:

Both the father and the mother have a right to have their names on the birth certificate.
Reproductive decisions and responsibilities are taken by men and women equally. Abortion is viewed as a last resort option. While the mother must make the final decision, discussion which include the father of alternatives should be the first option.
Both parents are valued and the positive influence on children of two-parent families is recognised.
The important role of the father in the healthy and safe development of the child is recognised as equal to the role of the mother.
Men have the right to a paternity test when a claim of paternity is made.
Mediation is the required first option when a relationship (especially with children) breaks down.
There is a legal presumption of shared custody when deciding childcare after separation.
False accusations of child or domestic abuse are treated as domestic abuse and perverting the course of justice.
There is an equitable distribution of assets when a relationship has broken down.
Parental alienation is an offence; both a form of child abuse and of domestic abuse.

We work towards a future where:

A reformed Benchbook results in men and women receiving and serving parity in prison sentences for the same offence in prisons of equal standard and having equal access to rehabilitation.
Accused people are given anonymity until proven guilty.
There is equal recognition that incarceration does not reduce re-offending.
There are shelters and support available for victims of domestic abuse for both sexes in proportion to their needs.
Physical and sexual abuse of and by both genders, including the most serious cases of forced, non-consensual sex are clearly defined, require evidence and receive equivalent sentences.
There is a strategy against violence to all (not just women and girls) so that the number of male and female victims of physical assault and suicide is drastically reduced.
We have a mental health strategy to reduce suicide which meets the needs of both women and men.

We work towards a future where:

The Gender Pay Gap is recognised as not caused by unfair practices but by choices and natural outcomes.
Men’s contribution in building, road-building, refuse collection, electricity supply, water and sewerage, lorry driving, fishing, shipping etc is recognised and women’s contribution to primary teaching, nursing etc. are equally valued.
People achieve high-status roles by ability, qualification, effort and experience.
It is widely recognised that, when paid and unpaid work are both counted, men and women work similar hours.
Society values the service of those men who do most of the dangerous jobs as they suffer the vast majority of work-related death and injury.

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