Dr. Kara McGann:

I will start on the gender pay gap. We support the gender pay gap reporting and the role employers have to play in addressing that. There is much organisations can do and I can speak to that in a moment. However, it would be wrong to say employers can fix the gender pay gap alone. The reason for this that because the various causes that lead to a gender pay gap are very clear, the gender pay gap is not about pay but about the representation of women and men throughout an organisation. The root causes of the gender pay gap are well researched and include things like the gender-segregated labour market, by which I mean the differences between the occupations and the levels within companies that men and women hold. The roots of that lie in society and the different education and career choices that are supported and made by men and women. This can stem right back to how children are introduced to learning opportunities, how children are socialised about what is women's work or men's work and the roles men and women often assume around caring responsibilities. That can be consciously and unconsciously reinforced-----