Types of gender equality

The GEIUK measures reveal four distinct ‘types of gender equality’ existing across UK local authorities:

• Prime parity: local authorities where both women and men experience the highest socioeconomic outcomes alongside the highest levels of gender equality. One in seven (15%) local authorities in the UK fall into this category.

• Equal erosion: found in one in five (19%) local authorities, these are areas where gender equality appears higher only because women and men share similarly poor outcomes.

• Partial progress: local authorities characterised by moderate gender equality and average outcomes and make up the majority (40%) of local authorities.

• Deep disparities: local authorities where gender equality is low and both women and men fare poorly. This type of gender (in)equality is found in a quarter (26%) of all local authorities.

Read the GEIUK report for more information.