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- 23: In 1974, the UK had just 23 female MPS – now we’ve got 220 (but still a long way to go until we reach 50/50 representation)
- Contraception became widely available on the NHS in 1967, giving women the chance to plan their families and careers in a way that worked for them.
- Not yet: The Equal Pay Act was passed in 1970 (following strikes by women workers in the Ford Car factory in Dagenham) – but women are still pushing for equal pay today.
- 25% less: Despite more women going to university than men, by the age of 30 female graduates earn 25% less than their male peers.
- 2015: The first ever conviction of forced marriage occurs in the UK, after years of feminist campaigning against this overlooked abuse
- 1 in 4: In England and Wales, 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime.
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