The region has risen in the rankings due to a drop in the gender pay gap and more women being in work
The North East has seen the biggest improvement of any UK region in an annual study that measures the best places for women to work.
The region has risen from 10th to fourth in the Women in Work Index, a report by accountancy PwC that assesses progress made towards achieving gender equality at work across countries around the world, as well as the UK’s 12 regions and nations.
The North East’s improvement in the index came after a 3.5 percentage point reduction in the gender pay gap, as well as more women being in employment. The North East bucked the trend in the North, with the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber remaining unchanged in regional rankings, at seventh and ninth place respectively.
