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Outside her work with Hypostyle Architects, where she is an associate director, Miss Meneely says the city is also much more "woman-friendly".

"It feels a lot safer, and in terms of socialising, there are a lot more clubs and restaurants.

"Shopping also is a big thing. There are now a lot of places in the city that five or six years ago you would have had to have gone to London to find.

"Generally, the place is more open to women in a social context. There are more opportunities to enjoy ourselves on our own. I have gone out for meals on my own - lunch or breakfast - and I’ve not felt that it was strange or felt out of place."

Edinburgh’s population shows a closer proportion of women to men, 52 per cent to 48 per cent, but the balance of workforce is reversed, with men representing 52 per cent and women 48 per cent. These figures have remained relatively static over the past decade.

But despite Glasgow’s increasingly feminised working population, equality of pay remains a stumbling point.

In 2002, women in full-time employment earned a third less than men, though this represented a 3 per cent rise from 1999 figures.

Councillor Irene Graham, the equalities spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council, noted this.

She said: "The report shows clearly that there are still barriers to employment for many women. Female earnings are still lower in comparison with men, despite evidence of higher educational attainment among women."

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