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It looks as though the looming changes in the law surrounding equality couldn’t come at a better time. The UK is now ranked 13th in the global league table of gender equality. Although out of 130 countries this position isn’t bad, we have slipped two places since 2007, and four since 2006. The Global Gender Gap Index is based on women’s pay, work ...
03 February 2009
It looks like a development in the law could make a big difference to the fate of women in the business world. A new equality law would let employers use positive action in the recruitment process – hiring women or ethnic minorities if they are under-represented and if the candidates are of equal merit. However this could also work the other way w...
30 January 2009
There have been plenty of predictions over the years that have never materialised – I’m sure if we went back to the 1950s there would be a few people who would be surprised (and perhaps disappointed) that in the year 2009 we hadn’t all set up holidays home on the moon! But what are the worst technology predictions of all time? According to T3 maga...
26 January 2009
Returning to work after having a baby seems to be a hot topic at the moment. First of all, it was disclosed that there are EU plans which set to ban women from returning to work within six weeks of giving birth and give them full pay for longer. Then, giving a somewhat contradictory message, the now ex-French Justice Minister Rachida Dati returned...
22 January 2009
womenintechnology.co.uk and the British Computer Society would like to invite you to W-Tech 2009, a one day recruitment, career development and networking event for female technologists including students, postgraduates, experienced professionals and returners to work. The event is taking place on Tuesday 3rd February in central London at Savoy P
09 January 2009
The gender pay gap and the lack of female managers are both issues that need to be solved. One reason for these situations is that many women leave the workforce, or reduce their responsibility within it, because of family commitments. It’s therefore great to see that more employers than ever are embracing flexible working practices to enable moth...
12 December 2008
So you’ve worked hard and got your degree – but is that enough? Some think not. The CBI is urging more universities to prepare students for the world of world by teaching them soft skills like communication and time management. The organisation’s research showed that companies found employability more important than degree subject when recruiting ...
10 December 2008
A few weeks ago, I finally got around to reading the cover story, Bitter Medicine in the latest issue of Trade Finance. Wrapped in some truly nice metaphors involving the Wild West and Casinos, the author delves into the sickness that has infected the financial services industry and the medicines that world governments will be applying shortly to ...
08 December 2008
For all you organised people out there, who have bought their 2009 diaries already, take note: on Tuesday 3rd February, womenintechnology.co.uk and the British Computer Society are holding W-Tech 2009, the first event of its kind for female technologists in the UK. W-Tech is a free event open to women working at any level in IT or who are interest...
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that at current rates of progress, in the future women will be earning the same amount as men. The bad news is that none of us will reap the benefits as it will take 187 years (and even longer than that for women in the IT sector and for women in Scotland!) According to the Chartered Managem...
02 December 2008
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