AIBU? Mumsnet can sway the election June 13, 2024 Mumsnet is a political power player, and its Manifesto shows it knows it. But its drift to the left reflects a wider gender gap in politics, writes Anna Moloney.
Do we really still need the Women’s Prize for Fiction? For God’s sake yes! June 4, 2024 The Women's Prize will crown its 29th winner next week, but do we still need such a prize in 2024, asks Anna Moloney.
Hourglass in City highlights ‘painfully’ slow progress closing gender investment gap May 14, 2024 Female Invest has launched a new campaign to start the conversation about equality in the square mile.
Teenagers are learning about sex from pornography – schools must do better April 17, 2024 The government has promised to overhaul relationships and sex education, but young people feel badly let down, says Caroline Nokes Last week’s Cass Review has revealed serious shortcomings in how the NHS handles children who are questioning their gender. But schools are also letting children down when it comes to relationships and sex education (RSE). [...]
Let’s be honest, finance still has a big gender problem March 9, 2024 Representation of women at senior leadership levels remains too low and even for those in power, challenges persist, writes Natasha Frangos.
IWD: Women are still missing from top roles at law firms, but times are changing March 8, 2024 Women make up over half of lawyers working in law firms across England, yet, when it comes to partnership, that number is significantly lower.
IWD: Who are the four FTSE 100 firms with both female CEOs and CFOs? March 8, 2024 Out of the 100 companies in the FTSE, only 10 have a female CEO, compared to 24 CFOs. 14 of the female CFOs have been in their current role for less than two years, data from AJ Bell revealed.
It’s not up to women to negotiate up their salaries, it’s up to bosses to pay fairly March 8, 2024 The gender pay gap robbed me of £20,000 As a leader, I won’t let it happen to my team, writes Elizabeth Ames.
UK’s gender investment gap now bigger than the entire GDP of Argentina March 7, 2024 The gap between the amount invested by men and women widened again this year to £567bn, £54bn more than last year and largely due to young men investing far more than young women. Only nine per cent of women aged 18-24 invest, compared to 22 per cent of young men, research conducted by Boring Money [...]
Women now have the means to invest, so why aren’t they? March 6, 2024 Susannah Streeter takes the Notebook pen ahead of this year's International Women's Day to talk about the gender investment gap.