A few months ago I wrote a post on quotas for women in senior roles in which I suggested that it was possible that companies with more women on their boards made better, more profitable, and possibly more ethical decisions. So an article on Slate.com tweeted by @suziwilliamsbt caught my eye. The article discusses three studies due to be published… Read more →
Re-reading some of my favourite Caitlin Moran columns in Moranthology this week, I came across her great piece about gender quotas. She uses pelicans and camels to illustrate a simple truth – that until we have proper gender parity in the groups that hold the power, women’s voices will continue to be lost or ineffective. (The original article is behind… Read more →
Recently, I resigned from my job. I was working four days a week, in a reasonably senior position in the public sector. Some might say I was lucky to still have a job in that sector, let alone a reasonably senior one, let alone one in communications. Since the coalition government came into power, and shut down the Central Office… Read more →
