Women currently make up 47% of NATFHE’s membership (39% of the HE membership, and 53% of the FE membership).

There are five reserved seats for women on the National Executive Council (see Structures) and there are currently 15 women and 25 men on that body.

The Women's Group of the Equality Advisory Council is currently chaired by Mary Davis.

See Publications for issues that might be of interest to you. We currently have no major document covering women's issues in general, and this will be worked on over the next academic year.

If you wish to have your name added to our Women's Network, contact Equality Unit). You will then automatically receive a copy of Equality News at home, and any information on issues of special interest to women. We would like to see the Women's Network operating locally. If you feel able to organise a gathering of NATFHE Women Members in your area, contact Equality Unit).

In June 2001, NATFHE held a very successful Women's Conference. You can download the Report of the Women's Conference 2001 as a pdf file or as a Word (6.0/95) document.

The website you will find most useful for issues of concern to women is that of The Equal Opportunities Commission. For a specialist website with expert legal advice on sex discrimination and equal pay visit www.eoc-law.org.uk.

Their current major campaign is on equal pay, because a report has revealed that Britain still has a gender pay gap of 18%, the worst in Europe, 30 years after The Equal Pay Act. NATFHE is supporting the campaign, and materials will be posted soon.