# More women than men resign in charity sector

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/09/05/more-women-men-resign-charity-sector/
- Published: 2007-09-05T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

More women than men have resigned from their jobs in the charity sector in the last
year, according to a new survey. 
Findings from the Chartered Management Institute
and Remuneration Economics show that resignation rates among women in the charity
sector stand at 9.7 per cent, up from four per cent last year. Resignation rates
are lower among men in the sector at 2.4 per cent, in keeping with figures that 
show women are more likely to quit their jobs. Fewer women than men are also likely
to ask for ‘internal transfers’ if they are dissatisfied with their jobs.

Women generally enjoy faster career progression than men. The average female team
leader is five years younger than her male counterpart, and female department heads
are three years younger than their male equivalent.

For the first time in a decade, efforts to close the gender pay gap appear to be
stalling with only a 3.9 per cent increase in female earnings in the charity sector
against a 6.3 per cent increase for men.

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Director, marketing and corporate affairs at the CMI Jo Causon said: It is clear
that the pull of promotion is not being matched by parity in pay. Despite the weight
of legislation and the reality that reward should match responsibility, gender bias
seems to be getting worse, not better.

However, the proportion of women as part of the UK workforce is still growing with
35.7 per cent of managers and directors being female against 31 per cent in 2006.

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