A new role to promote journalists from underrepresented groups
Lack of diversity in the newsrooms has an impact on the coverage of news and can result in the exclusion of significant groups of the society and their interests or
45% of new board members in Fortune 500 are women
45% of all board members in Fortune 500 companies appointed last year were women. The percentage of women on the boards have increased from 19% in 2015 to 29% in
Actions to stop online harassment of women journalists
Online harassment of women journalists is a huge problem for media businesses and journalism. Urgent action is needed to tackle widespread online abuse and harassment faced by women journalists around
Half of women in hybrid work feel burned out
Close to 60% of women who work in companies with hybrid solutions, mixing working from home and at the office, feel they have been excluded from important meetings. 53% of
How to promote women in research and avoid common missteps
Promoting women in research institutions and universities could progress faster if the institutions applied established research in their initiatives for diversity. There are three common missteps Michelle Ryan, who studies
Diversity top priority for tech business recruiters
Hire for diversity is a top priority for HR teams this year, according to California-based tech recruitment firm Findem’s annual report on recruiting trends comprising 100 senior HR leaders. “Diversity
More women needed in ICT business UN agency shows
Science, technology, and innovation are key drivers of the increasingly global and digital society. But less than 30% of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) professionals are women. And there
Working women in EU earning 13% less per hour than men
Working women in the EU earn on average 13% less per hour than men. “Although the equal pay for equal work principle was already introduced in the Treaty of Rome in
Newsrooms refusing to report on their own diversity status
You cannot improve what you cannot measure: an old universal rule embraced also in the diversity context by more and more companies, industries and organisations who conduct and publish yearly
Closing pay gap: areas where women have overtaken men
The gender pay gap has remained relatively stable over the past 15 years or so in the US but new analysis of salaries show that the young can hope for