Equality and Diversity
Promoting Gender Equality In South Ayrshire
The Gender Equality Scheme sets out a range of important issues and actions that
the Council will address to promote gender equality across the Council.
We have much to be proud of in the work of the Council to promote gender equality,
with impressive records of achievement, for example in community safety and regeneration.
However, it is clear from the information contained within the Scheme that relatively
we still have a lot of work to do to address occupational segregation and the low
proportion of women in senior positions within our employment. The traditional patterns
of employment that sharply differentiate between those jobs suitable for men and
those jobs for women is no longer appropriate, nor indeed acceptable. The Council
in this Scheme, both at member and officer level, sets out our commitment to effectively
address these issues.
As a result of these commitments I look forward to focused action which will improve
our performance to a higher level in the three year life of the scheme and to the
consequential positive effect this will have on the work of the Council.
Tom Cairns
Chief Executive
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