An Australian energy company has agreed to give hundreds of its female employees a pay rise to ensure they are paid the same as their male counterparts. According to Catherine Tanna, managing director of Energy Australia it’s “not right or fair to expect women to have to wait any longer for the pay gap to...Read More

In the fight for equality, more men should be involved in the conversation. After all, they are half of the equation. International Women’s Day is the perfect time for you to start championing the women in your life and joining the fight for gender equality. Each year International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March...Read More

Clara Zetkin was a female politician active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She believed in Marxism and was an advocate for women’s rights as well as being a peace activist. In 1910, an International Women’s Conference was organised in Copenhagen. Alongside, Luise Zietz, a prominent of female politician, Zetkin called for the creation...Read More

London-based tech start-up, Safe & the City, has launched an app to combat sexual harassment in public spaces. The personal safety app is designed to battle opportunistic crimes and sexual harassment on streets by using GPS technology, crowd-sourced information and crime data from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in London. The app uses police data...Read More

Keeping young women engaged and interested in careers in technology isn’t something that can begin in the workplace, according to Lynn Collier, COO UK&I of Hitachi Vantara. Discussing how to attract and retain more women in technology, this International Women’s Day, Collier said “visibility is crucial” to future generations from an early age. “Encouraging women...Read More

A robotics team from a London all-girls school are celebrating their achievements in STEM, this International Women’s Day. The robotics club at Henrietta Barnett School for Girls, Hampstead are preparing to embark on a journey to be crowned VEX Robotics World Champions. Students from the robotics team stood out at the VEX IQ Challenge UK...Read More

Clara Zetkin was a female politician active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany and is credited with founding International Women’s Day. She believed in Marxism and was an advocate for women’s rights as well as being a peace activist. In 1910, an International Women’s Conference was organised in Copenhagen. Alongside, Luise Zietz, a prominent...Read More

Today, 8 March, is International Women’s Day. A good opportunity to take stock and reflect on how much we’ve achieved in terms of equality in the workplace here in the UK. Without doubt we have made advances, but it is disappointing that 47 years after the Equal Pay Act we still seem to be discussing...Read More