How gender bias in toys hurts girls’ creativity and future careers
Girls are held back by deep-rooted societal gender stereotypes when it comes to recreation and their future careers, even though they feel more confident than boys to engage in all
Women startups discriminated in fundraising
The lack of balance in fund raising for women led startups is stressed in a report with gender perspective on fundraising. In 2020, women-founded startups raised just 1% of investment
Job market balance is not a task only for women
It’s not enough to just recapture women’s role in the job market after the “shecession” created during the pandemic when women have suffered more than men. Why not use the
More women CEOs but less representation in tech business: New survey
Gender diversity is generally an issue in the tech industry. A new study shows that women make up 26.7% of technologists — a 2.1% drop in representation from March 2020
LSE study: Diversity needs quotas to reach results
To reap the gains from diversity you need quotas and monitoring supported with real culture change. This is the message in a report about inclusion in financial services from The
Burnout: the price women have to pay for climbing the corporate ladder
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, women have made some gains in representation, especially in senior leadership; but at a very heavy price: women are now significantly
The most equal parliaments in Europe
First it looked Iceland could be the first European country with a majority of women in the parliament but after a re-count, women will not after all be the majority.
Another country planning quotas against men only boards
Dutch companies could be the next in line to introduce a quota for women on supervisory boards. The Dutch Senate is scheduled to on September 28 vote on a controversial
Women didn’t make it after all in Iceland
For some hours, Iceland looked as the first European country with a women majority in the parliament but after a recount, the country lost this honour. Of the parliaments 63
New York Times: women make up the majority of both leaders and staff
The New York Times have shared an update of their plan to transform their workplace culture, including diversity data for the full 2020 year, which show that women make up