<p class="text-align-justify">In the UK, the equality act of 2010 makes sex protected characteristics. This prohibits harassment, discrimination, and victimization as well as inappropriate treatment of individuals, and an equitable and fair society. It safeguards both women and men in a multitude of the environment from work, school, to public service.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="text-align-justify">Despite this, the UK is placed 17th in North America and Europe for gender equality on the Equal Measures 2030 Gender Index. Girls in the UK are "fed up and disillusioned" with hollow promises of female empowerment, as per a detailed survey of girls' lives conducted by the organization Plan International UK.</p>

<p class="text-align-justify">According to a poll of over 1,000 girls aged 14 to 21 for the State of Girls' Rights in the UK 2020 report, six out of ten (60%) girls feel that men are treated better than women in the UK. This disparity was seen by 72 % of these females in the media, 41 % in school, and 22 % at home</p>
