By Oscar Macia
Following the recent “I look like an engineer” campaign, Oscar Macia, CEO of ForceManager, looks at gender imbalance in IT, why it exists and how to change dated perceptions of IT as a “male only” career choice.
Neil Bentley, chief executive of the professional network for LGBT and ally senior executives, spoke to Real Business about where companies should be focusing efforts to improve diversity and his aims for further transforming the workplace.
On 28 May, we published an interview with Robert Stephenson-Padron, managing director of Penrose Care, a home care provider based in North London. Stephenson-Padron described the strongly ethical approach his business takes to valuing and supporting its predominantly female staff, and now we’re hearing from the other side of the fence.
The technology company is hoping its long-term strategy will pay off. Its efforts to lay out the journey publicly show Google is serious about making changes.
According to new research from Emolument, men’s bonuses are much higher than women’s.
Just 100 years ago, there were no female politicians in the Houses of Parliament. But the 2015 general election proved to be an historic event for women.
Search the term “CEO” in Google images and the first female you’ll find is 15 rows down. Surprisingly, she turns out to be a Barbie doll.
John Glenn, who became the first American in orbit, once said the “role of men is to go to war and into space. Women are not involved in these activities.”
By Jan Cavelle
Actually, I am pretty bored of the whole government statistic thing. But then my accounts department has been having its annual tussle with a particularly absurd statistics requirement called Prodcom.
The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all. However, the UK is still lagging behind. There have been numerous discussions about the potential for men to help achieve gender equality, but a First Women Summit debate asked what policies the next UK government should be prioritising in order to support women in business.
