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Over the past few weeks I have sat quietly and sometimes not so quietly and listened to a diverse group of men and women discuss all the arguments for NOT introducing some form of legislation to enforce gender balanced boards. The key arguments against go …

The Cranfield International Centre for Women Leader’s has updated its research recently on the number of women on the boards of the UK’s top companies.
The results are, to say the very least, disappointing. Initially, in the first six months, it looked as though we were …

‘But what do we do about the boys, Jane?’
As the founder of Girls Out Loud, a social enterprise working with teenage girls, this is a question I get asked over and over again and it’s a good question. However, I am not going to create …

Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, at the end of last month. The transcript of her speech, A New Global Economy for a New Generation can be found here: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2013/012313.htm
In her speech to the World …

In 1913, the first long-awaited step was taken towards political equality between men and women when a suffragette threw herself under the King’s horse.
I believe that this momentous historic event shows us how passionate and determined women can be in the face of prejudice. Now, …

It may not have struck many this morning, but as we all tucked into our breakfasts, whether it was fruit and yogurt or bacon and eggs, we were being influenced by international relations and policies.
The trip that your bananas and oranges took to your fruit …