Waiting for the gender parity – 131 years!
Women in the European Union still earn less than men for equal jobs. The average gender pay gap in the EU is 13%. The World Economic Forum (WEF) estimates that
Women founded startups struggling to get bigger share of VC funding
Venture capital funding overall has surged in recent years, but the numbers haven’t leapt forward for European and US female founders at the same pace. In 2022, US companies founded
Using artificial intelligence in hiring to improve diversity
Automated systems designed for hiring a more diverse workforce can find candidates who may otherwise be overlooked due to health issues, gaps in employment or because they lack a degree
The performance bias affecting women working remotely
Men and women often experience the workplace differently, whether in-person or virtually. Three kinds of bias often creep into the performance-review process, in ways that disproportionately affect women, especially when
Why girls do not study computer science at school
Less than 30% of girls in Europe have studied computer science in school. The demand for tech jobs is growing, rising in the UK by 42% between 2019 and 2021
Gender parity will take another 131 years
It will take 131 years to reach full gender parity if improvements continue at the present modest speed, World Economic Forum’s annual gender gap report shows. “While the global parity
Age bias research shows no age is right to be a women leader
No age is the right age to be a woman leader. With an increasingly diverse and multigenerational workforce, age bias now occurs across the career life cycle — especially for
No improvements of DEI in global marketing business
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The advertising business shows no improvement on diversity, equity and inclusion. Nearly one in seven members of the global marketing industry say they would leave the industry on the back
European female founders take larger part of VC financing
Europe’s female founders take a larger part of venture capital financing but overall, female founders lag behind previous years’ totals, financial data firm PitchBook’s European VC Female Founders Dashboard shows.
EU parliament calls for more action to fight sexual harassment
Gender-based violence should be a crime under EU law and sexual harassment criminalised. These are not currently defined and criminalised at EU level, which means that those affected do not