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View fullsize Men make up 72% of the registered architects in the UK. So why is architecture so male dominated? Old fashioned attitudes, inflexible working practices and a lack of female role models have all been cited as reasons for this. Although improving year
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View fullsize Dr Anne Marie Imafidon MBE has a mission to get more girls into the STEM sector (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths). She was just 11 when she gained an A Level in Computing and by that time could also speak 6 languages. After attending Oxford u
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View fullsize "Women are the majority in life but a minority in Parliament". ​Today's "spotlight on influential women advancing gender equality" is on Frances Scott, founder of 50:50 Parliament (@5050parliament) - a cross-party campaign group s
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View fullsize Terry Reintke is a German MEP, committed feminist and gender equality advocate. She was told she was "too emotional for politics"; an accusation that gets levelled at women in high profile jobs all the time. Research suggests that women ar
View fullsize Don't we all want to be paid the same amount for the same work? Globally, the gender pay gap stands at 16%, which means that on average, women are paid 84% of what men are paid for work of the same or equal value. Systematic inequalities allow the ge
View fullsize Although Pride 2021 was a much more scaled back version of its usual self, we can still appreciate all its helped to achieve over the years. By focussing on love and tolerance, the movement has helped redefine perceptions of homosexuality worldwide.
View fullsize Research suggests that it could take between 100 - 257 years to achieve gender equality unless we act. Does it make sense to wait this long? Gender equality not only helps prevent violence against women and girls but it is also great for the econom
View fullsize A recent NHS England staff survey revealed that their lesbian, gay and bisexual staff report worse experiences than their heterosexual colleagues. Inequality at work, whatever form it takes, can lead to an unmotivated, unhappy workforce who don't fee
View fullsize Drew Gilpin Faust took over as President of Harvard University in 2007. Despite holding one of the most esteemed positions in the academic world, she still had to contend with her gender being referenced presumably more often than a male counterpart.
 

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