These include an objective to continue our actionto close the gender pay gap (both part-time and full-time) in Scotland by workingin partnership - with the Equal Opportunities Commission Scotland, Scottish TradesUnion Congress, Scottish Enterprise and others - in the Close the Gap project.Close the Gap raises awareness about the gender pay gap and its various causes,and encourages action by employees and employers to tackle the causes and closethe gap.Two other high-level objectives set out in the GenderEquality Scheme address main contributors to the gender pay gap, namely occupationalsegregation and pregnancy discrimination.