Their system pulls from published government data – accessible to all – to shine a light on the pay gap and make sure people ‘think a bit more critically’ and do not ‘take these sorts of messages of empowerment and inspiration at face value’.
Ms Lawson said the work of the Gender Pay Gap Bot will continue for years to come, never with the goal to stop any companies from tweeting, Ms Lawson said, but to encourage them to provide ‘a bit more of a considered response’.
In a speech to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) annual conference, Ms Phillipson will announce proposals to bring in an annual review of safeguarding following concerns about sexual harassment in schools.
Addressing school and college leaders in Birmingham on Saturday, Ms Phillipson is expected to say that parents and schools “deserve better than a system that is high stakes for staff, but low information for parents”.
The account is also providing a request feature in 2023, which lets users tweet at them asking for the data from a specific company – as opposed to just the organisations who are tweeting International Women’s Day messages.
In her speech to school and college leaders, Ms Phillipson is expected to say: “The next Labour government will bring a wind of change to our education system… and drive forward reform of education and of childcare as part of our mission to break down barriers to opportunity.
Domestic violence charity Refuge’s latest available data shows a gender pay gap of 23.9 percent in favour of men – which was described as ‘unbelievable’ by women, given the charity helps women and children escape violence.
A review by Ofsted into safeguarding in schools, published in June 2021, found that sexual harassment had become “normalised” for schoolchildren, and inspectors were told that boys were sharing “nudes” among themselves like a “collection game” on WhatsApp and Snapchat.
As well as celebrating their own achievements, those taking the sunrise dip teamed up with the Outdoor Swimming Society to encourage groups to take part in wild swimming events across the UK to raise money for women who need it.
Meanwhile in Edinburgh hundreds of swimmers took to the North Sea at Portobello Beach to make a statement on International Women’s Day despite the tough weather conditions faced by millions around the UK.
“This is such a vital area that it makes sense to detach it from the normal cycle of educational inspections, and give schools, colleges and families an annual assurance that the correct processes and systems are in place over the welfare of pupils.
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson speaking at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, about the need to reform the childcare sector and reduce the cost of childcare for working families.
Bridget Phillipson will say parents “deserve better” than the current accountability system as she sets out plans to consult on a “report card” to replace the four headline grades that Ofsted awards to schools.
‘I always feel this sense of frustration from seeing all these lovely supportive messages from companies but the needle doesn’t seem to be shifting that much on gender equality more generally, but specifically, we can see in the gender pay gap data, it’s still a massive problem,’ Ms Lawson said.
One of the worst discrepancies Ms Lawson recalled was from Ryanair, where last year the Gender Pay Gap Bot tweeted its 2020/2021 gender pay gap data – that ‘women’s median hourly pay is 68.6 percent lower than men’s’ – when the company had tweeted a message of support for its female staff.
The bot highlighted figures from government departments and organisations such as the DCMS, which has a median pay gap of almost 10 percent, and the Department of Transport, which has a gap of almost 13 percent – more than seven percent higher than in the previous year.
For those who did not brave the fiercely cold waters, many women took to social media to call out gender pay gaps and point out the hypocrisy of many companies appearing to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Some of the companies the bot has already called out in 2023 for their most recently available pay gap data include St Mary’s University, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and airline Emirates.
The Gender Pay Gap Bot uses statistics from the designated service on the official gov.uk website, through which UK companies with more than 250 employees are required to publish their payroll data, and takes a comparison of men’s and women’s average pay across the organisation.
Investment firm Scottish Widows also sparked outrage after using International Women’s Day to promote its services to close the ‘pension gap’ – while paying its female employees 14 percent less than its male employees.
Francesca Lawson, 28, set up the bot in 2021 with Ali Fensome, Online Study Skills 5th Grade Teacher also 28, after being inspired by other automated Twitter accounts and wanting to force ‘a bit more accountability’ around International Women’s Day.
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