Washington Post reporter Liza Mundy’s book, “The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family”, suggests that while the gender gap may be a bleak reality, the rise of the female breadwinner is set to shake things up for the better.
It has become clear that the lack of females in the UK’s tech sector has gone from being a diversity issue to an economic one – despite the digital skills gap expected to reach 1m workers by 2020, only 17 per cent of people working in tech are women. But according to some, a huge revolution is taking place in the sector.
By Kate Cox
In today’s world, working women are no longer a shock – you expect to find them in all corners of the corporate world. However, I’ve been surprised how deep the gender bias can be since joining the technology industry a few months ago.
By Helen Lamb
Helen Lamb, head of managed infrastructure services and executive sponsor for the Gender Diversity Programme at Fujitsu UK and Ireland, explains why technology businesses need gender diversity, why some struggle to achieve it and the practical steps organisations must take to attract the best female talent.
A fantastic mentor doesn’t believe in a glass ceiling for women. As such, everyone should have a mentor throughout their career to guide them on their path to success.
Exactly how you make work “work” is something many entrepreneurs will have pondered and was certainly at the forefront of my mind when I was working as a lawyer in a magic circle firm in the noughties.
David Cameron has appointed six British business leaders as ambassadors to promote international trade and investment to UK companies, and women have secured four of the six positions.
By Ida Tin
Ida Tin, founder of Clue, discusses why she believes her workplace should be the norm, not the minority, as well as discussing the many benefits of creating a workplace where parental leave is flexible and children are welcomed in to the office.
Positive strides have been taken to increase the level of female representation on UK boards through Lord Davies’ government-backed annual review into gender equality in the boardroom. But while the prospect of more women on British boards championing the equal pay cause is a brilliant development, every organisation has the potential to change the status quo.
British actress Kate Winslet may have just found an enemy in the form of The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, after calling the pay gap dispute the star is leading “vulgar”.
