Gender Equality Week in EU Parliament
The European Parliament is October 24 to 30 organising a Gender Equality Week for the third time. Committees and delegations will hold a series of discussions and public hearings on
Why women employees leave companies and how to keep them
Despite modest gains in representation over the last eight years, women—and especially women of colour—are still dramatically underrepresented in corporate America. To make meaningful and sustainable progress toward gender equality,
The gender gap in European and American film industries
Men continue to dominate the film industry both in Europe and the US. Women are still poorly represented among professionals working in key roles behind the camera in the European
News publishers launching campaign for diversity, equality and inclusion
Men outnumber women in bylines, as protagonists in stories, and as subject-matter experts by 4:1. Women are even less present in top editorial and non-editorial management positions, holding on average
Implementing rules against European gender pay gap
Working women in Europe earn on average 13% less than men for doing the same job. Pay secrecy is helping mask deeper inequalities, while shocks to our economy threaten fragile
More women than men with bachelor’s degree in labour force
For decades there have been more women than men with a bachelor’s degree and now finally, women have overtaken men and account for 50.7% of the college-educated labour force in
Some improvement for investments in European female-founded startups
Venture Capital investment in European female-founded startups has been growing. This year, Euro 8.6 billion has already been invested in European startups with at least one female founder across 1,439
Improving for women in tech but more should be hired says Apple CEO
There are no good excuses for the tech sector not to employ more women, Apple CEO Tim Cook says. “I think the the essence of technology and its effect on
Investors paying more attention to femtech companies
Investors are clearly paying more attention to femtech and see the value in having dedicated companies for women’s health. Yet, not everyone feels the femtech label is an unalloyed good,
Melinda French Gates: gender equality delayed three generations
The world won’t reach gender equality until at least 2108—three generations later than we’d hoped, Melinda French Gates writes in Goalkeepers Report from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation referring to