It’s World Intellectual Property Day and the World Intellectual Property Organization’s theme for this year is Women in innovation and creativity. But while there has … Read more
An Interview with Clare Simpson from Smartlife
We interviewed Clare Simpson, Product Director at Manchester based smart garment technology company Smartlife, about wearable tech and being a woman in a male dominated … Read more
Flying high: our commercial airlines and their soaring pay gaps
I recently had a conversation with a pilot (male) friend of mine. This came after Easyjet published their pay gap data in January, exposing a … Read more
Suffrage in the UK
1918 was a big year for suffrage in the UK, with not only women being allowed to vote in parliamentary elections for the first time, … Read more
Inspiring Profile: Dame Kathleen Lonsdale
The achievements of women in science have, historically, been often played down or even ignored (for example only 13% of London’s blue plaque locations commemorate … Read more
Women Explorers: Solidarity and Snow
18 years ago, as the world was settling into the new millennium, two women were making history; on the 4th January 2000, Fiona Thornewill and … Read more
Why we need to improve parental leave
Last month the insurance company Aviva announced its plan to offer equal parental leave of up to a year, with 26 weeks of basic full … Read more
A Journey Into The Unknown: Women in Space
On April 12, 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first person to travel into space. Just two years later another Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, became the first woman to travel … Read more
Selfish or Self-Confident?
Heather is part of the small team who are developing the Inspire, Challenge, Excel Programme. As we continue explore the challenges women face in their … Read more
Equal Pay Day: has progress ground to a halt?
Today is Equal Pay Day in the UK. It is a symbolic day that marks when women effectively stop earning relative to men, and is … Read more