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Women have proven themselves capable of doing many different kinds of work, in spite of traditional, stereotyped opinions.

request to work part-time. They added that if a woman had made the same request, the company would probably have agreed. After hearing the tribunal’s decision, Neil commented: “I’m glad I did this because there will be other guys in the same posi- tion who want to look after their kids. I hope this will encour- age them to make sure they can do that.” Today, Neil works part-time for a different car repair company—and enjoys his other part-time task of looking after Sean.

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What Are Equal Opportunities?