Men still dominate every sector of politics, public life and business, according to a new report by the Fawcett Society.
In education just over a third of women are secondary headteachers at 39%. The figure has risen by just 6% since 2005.
But she found it challenging returning to work after having children and remembers the moment when she had to say no and quit her job. "This case was going to be couriered to my house after hours... and the expectation was that I would read the whole of that brief and be trial ready for the following morning."
"Women actually do 60% more of the domestic chores than men, and until we have men and women equally engaged in the debate both in terms of childcare responsibilities shared equally and also equal value within the workplace I think we're always going to have a struggle on our hands."There are some shoots of progress. In the recent election a record number of women were elected to the House of Commons and it's the most diverse parliament to date.
Shanaz Aslam is now five weeks into her two-year training as a police officer. It's the job she's wanted to do since a child and she wasn't deterred by a lack of female role models.
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