To mark International Womens’ Day we take a look at the stats.
Ten fastest growing UK industries for women revealed
Tags: gender balance
Only a third of UK families claim to have a healthy ‘work family balance’
According to a new report from the Centre for the Modern Family, nearly half of UK workers say their ‘work family balance’ is skewed towards work, with the majority of UK workers spend almost three times longer in work-related activities than with family.
Business dinners ‘not inclusive for women’, CBI head claims
The first female head of the CBI has labeled business dinners as ‘not very inclusive’ for women, in her first interview. Carolyn Fairbairn said she rarely stayed to the end of corporate dinners because she was bringing up her three children.
Justin Trudeau gives Canada its first gender balanced cabinet
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s new Prime Minister, has named a ministerial team that, for the first time in the country’s history, is equally balanced between men and women.
Cyber sexism putting girls off engineering
Online images still portray engineering as a job for the boys, leading to girls being put off potentially well-paid and exciting careers, according to new research from EngineeringUK.