How we write about race and ethnicity matters. As civil servants, we need to be as precise as we can in the language we use when describing different ethnic groups, and also in how we develop solutions to address the …
National Mentoring Day takes place every year on 27 October. Individuals and organisations from across the UK come together to raise awareness of the positive effects mentoring can have on young people. This National Mentoring Day we hear from Saz, …
Today marks 'International Day of the Girl Child', an annual initiative dedicated to focusing on the need to achieve gender equality and empowerment for young women across the world. This year’s theme is ‘My Voice, Our Equal Future.’ As CEO …
This Government is investing in infrastructure and construction to support the economy and help us bounce back from the pandemic. This UK Construction Week, Rachel from Arup tells us about her experience of being a woman in the construction …
London Design Festival returns to the capital this week as a symbol of London’s determination to maintain its creative and cultural leadership. To mark the event, Great British Sewing Bee finalist, Matt Gage, opens up about discovering his creativity, the …
Have you ever felt like you wanted to do something different with your life? After a 30-year corporate career and a move with her family from London to Wales, Mel Griffin’s dream of owning her own bookshop was calling. At …
Today, on World Youth Skills Day, we’re celebrating the essential role that skills and technical education play in helping to prepare young people for work and life. Read more from Kerris, an Electronics Support Technician, about her journey so far. …
In 2016, a team of writers from Hansard began work on a research project on female MPs. They were tasked by colleagues in the Curator’s Office and the Parliamentary Archives to find statistical data on women elected since 1918 and …
As a child growing up in the 1980s, with the first female Prime Minister leading our nation I always assumed women could do anything men could do. It never crossed my mind that being a girl would hold me …
Flexible working has recently made great strides. Last month, half of the UK workforce was working from home as a result of extraordinary social distancing measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is hope for many that flexible …
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. We spoke to Chair of the Institute of Directors, Charlotte Valeur, to celebrate the progress that has been made and also to look at what more still needs to be …
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