Women are most strongly represented in secondary education, where they make up 36.7% of head teachers, and in public appointments, where they account for 36.4%, the analysis found. A public appointment is an appointment to the board of a public body or government committee.
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The Home Office told the BBC it aimed to have more than half of new public appointments filled by women by 2015.
The European Commission is considering new laws to get more women into the top management jobs. Currently, just one in seven board members at Europe's top firms are women.