Hourglass in City highlights ‘painfully’ slow progress closing gender investment gap eQUALITY Female Invest has launched a new campaign to start the conversation about equality in the square mile.
Plans to stop NDA abuse provide clarity but aren’t radical, lawyers say UK Politics Non-disclosure agreement (NDA) clauses that aim to stop victims reporting crimes to the police are “likely already unenforceable” under “current laws”, lawyers have said.
‘F1 fans are 40 per cent women, we need more female drivers and employees’ Opinion on IWD Chair & CEO of Kyriba and supervisory board member of at Porsche AG, Melissa Di Donato, dissects what it’s like to be a petrol head in an F1 world full of men, and how STEM and International Women’s Day are key to shifting the balance of power. The non-executive director at the Department for Science, [...]
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.
Five lessons learnt while building a business as a female founder March 8, 2024 Radha Vyas answers five questions about building a business and turning a passion into profit.
18 women share what feminism means to them this International Women’s Day March 8, 2024 18 women share what feminism means to them this International Women's Day
Ban NDAs used to ‘cover up’ sexual harassment in the City, MPs urge March 8, 2024 Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that have been “misused” to “cover up” sexual harassment in the Square Mile should be banned, MPs have urged, in a damning set of findings on sexism in the financial services industry.
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.
Forget International Women’s Day, what we really need is investment March 8, 2024 The Chancellor’s U-turn on angel investment rules was a good start, but men are still 48 times more likely to secure VC funding than women and the needle is barely moving, says Emma Sinclair With little fanfare, a law came into force at the end of January that provided yet another blow for women-led businesses [...]