Domestic Responsibilities

UK, West Yorkshire, Leeds

Shantona Women's Centre

Abul Momin and Sayed Loonat

ResearchOfficer Diversity &

Equality Adviser

Diversity and Equality Umbrella

Race / Ethnicity Gender Disability Religion Age Sexual

orientation

Ethnic Groups

B r e a k d o w n o f t h e r e s id e n t s in L e e d s ( C e n s u s 2 0 0 1 )

O t h e r 0 . 4 %

W h it e9 1 . 8 %

B la c k 1 . 4 %

A s ia n 4 . 5 %

Religion - Leeds City Wide

C h r i s t i a n

6 8 .9 %

N o t s ta te d

8 .1 %

N o r e l i g i o n

1 6 .8 %

M u s l i m

3 %

O th e r

0 .2 %

From our Individual perspective

Our Journey

Structure for this presentation

Challenges “Perceptions” of Gender-

Domestic Responsibilities Main Issues * Women * Discrimination * Responsibilities of Men * Traditional Values and

Beliefs * The “Vision” ( Pigeon Holing)

Genderwise Project-Leeds

Case StudiesUK Perspective

The Statistics

UK Population Leeds Population * Facts and Figures Facts About Women and Men In

Great Britain

Summary of UK and international research

23% British father spend more than 28 hrs with their children a week compared to Germany 16%-France 10% Greece 10% Greece 4% and Denmark 41%

UK Fathers do a third of parental childcare, 2hrs per day this is eight times more compared to 30 years ago.

UK Statistic

Three quarter of mothers 77% felt their partner was as confident as they are

Nine in ten new father 87% feel as confident as their partners at caring

Half of new mothers 48% say they would like their partner to be more involved in the care of the children

UK Statistic

Over two thirds of new fathers 70% say they would like to be more involved in the care of the children then they currently are

Three in five new mothers 62% and 58% of all new fathers reject the idea that a dads main role is being that of breadwinner

Summary and conclusion

Our role * Facts and

Figures Gender Equality

Duty Changing

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