Why we'll never achieve gender equality until fathers are at the heart of family life
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GENDER equality was recently put centre-stage by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, with a commitment to ensure that no woman faces a "glass ceiling" that limits their ambitions.
Launched last April, the Women's Pledge aims to end the gender pay gap and enhance women's work opportunities by such measures as increasing free childcare and raising the minimum wage. And while the old boys club of Westminster now has a Tory majority, Sturgeon has made it clear that "SNP MPs at Westminster will stand up for gender equality at every turn".
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