SOME men might get cold feet about joining the feminists -but not Ken Livingstone.

In fact the former London Mayor joined a host of daredevils to walk over hot coals to publicise equality campaigners The Fawcett Society.

The event was held at the Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre on the Isle of Dogs last week to raise funds and awareness for the group.

When grilled afterwards, Ken said: "Now more than ever we must make people aware that woman across the UK face inequality and discrimination.

"If it takes me walking on fire for people to notice, then I'll walk on fire."

The Docklands location for the walk was no coincidence, with the Fawcett Society keen to raise the issue of equality in the financial sector.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission recently revealed that men occupy two-thirds of managerial and senior jobs and nearly three-quarters of professional jobs.

Stereotyping of women and sexist and exclusionary practices sometimes create a climate in which woman feel undervalued and lack confidence.

And the gender pay gap for annual gross earnings in the sector is 60 per cent, with a large disparity in bonus payouts between the sexes.

The fire walk was run by Survivorbility Ltd

These funds are crucial to Fawcett and will help us bring together individual women and women’s groups across the UK to ask politicians – including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Leader of the Opposition David Cameron – ‘What about Women?’

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http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/02/fire-walking-facing-ones-fears.html

Thanks for the input Lucya.