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A busy time for this woman
Dangerous things happen to your diary when you mention to people that you’d be interested in receiving invitations to any diversity related events of which they are aware. My own diary exploded at the...
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At the launch of the ILGA website
Happy St David’s Day – and, to those in India, Happy Holi! What a week. Monday: in Goa, wearing flip-flops, SPF40 and a big hat. Wednesday: back in London, clad in corporate attire, feeling extremely...
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International Women’s Day – minus one day
Tomorrow is the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day, and I’ve been really interested to note the extent to which it, as an event, has gained popularity and awareness over the last couple of...
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Attitudes compared to laws
Last week’s visit to city law firm Herbert Smith’s Women in Business network event, courtesy of my friend Liz, got me thinking that laws may change but that attitudes sometimes take a while to catch...
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Evolution not revolution: at the 2010 WIBF awards
This time last week, I was at the Dorchester hotel in central London, wandering around the pre-lunch reception with a glass (of water!) in one hand and my trusty notebook in the other, interviewing...
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A survey for 21st century female entrepreneurs
Last week, I wrote about this year’s Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) awards. And at last year’s awards, three fabulous things happened to me. I arrived knowing nobody bar the Chair, Christine...
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Following the “why”– here’s the “how”
Earlier this month, I went along to the UK launch of the book on the left: “How Women Mean Business”, by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should probably mention that I’ve...
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Harnessing IT to create better businesses for female entrepreneurs
Earlier in the summer, I wrote about the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and how I am supporting them with a number of their projects – particularly those focused on working with women in India....
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Women’s networks: what works, what doesn’t?
Earlier this week I went along to a discussion called Networked Women, hosted at Intellect (the trade body for the UK’s technology industry) by Tracey Carr and Jan Peters. Unlike some of the events...
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The meaning of grace – and how No can become Yes
October was a very busy month for me; I’ve been serving as a judge on the Women in the City awards, booking and planning a trip to India for later this month and returning to work in an office! I’ve...
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Supporting Plan
Last week, Plan contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in working with them to provide blogging and social media support for their campaigns to support girls around the world. Apparently, they...
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On women being paid the same as men for the same work
Earlier this month, I took to the stage in the Library room at Shoreditch House in London as part of a panel event to discuss the gender pay gap. Behind me, a large screen showed a near life size (or...
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Profiling a Precious woman: Foluke Akinlose MBE
Last week, I was an attendee at the 2015 Precious Awards – an annual event which celebrates the achievements of women of colour in the UK. The ceremony was amazing – uplifting, inspiring, all the...
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Celebrating women and girls of colour at the 2015 Precious Awards
Last week, I went for afternoon tea with nearly one hundred strangers. I was joining Foluke Akinlose MBE at her annual celebration of the best in black, British female talent, the ninth annual Precious...
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#justask: Negotiating your way out of the gender pay gap
As a follow up to last month’s post on the gender pay gap, I just wanted to share the details of a forthcoming event on negotiation skills, aimed at helping to close the gap by empowering women with...
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I’m still #mindingthegap: a summary of recent activity on the #genderpaygap
I’ll be speaking about the gender pay gap at an event kindly hosted by Soho House in London tomorrow night, where we’ll share the current figures, ably summarised by this Fawcett Society graphic (in a...
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On discussing the #genderpaygap at Soho House
So the UK had another Budget Day earlier this week and, in amongst the slash and burn policies (the Fawcett Society were profoundly unimpressed) and the sugar tax, was a fleeting reference to the...
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