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Equality and Diversity in South Ayrshire
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
