Anti-abortion group drafted in as sexual health adviser to government
24th May 2011 – Ben Quinn
guardian.co.uk
Coalition appoints pro-abstinence charity Life to key sexual health forum, while omitting British Pregnancy Advisory Service. … more

How Ken Clarke could redeem himself
19th May 2011 – Emma Poole
liberalconspiracy.org
I’m not sure it’s a task anyone could achieve but if he followed the little bit of “soapbox” advice I’m going to give here, then it’d help redeem him in my eyes. … more

Why are there so few women on the boards of British charities?
Wednesday 11th May 2011 – Richard Williams
guardian.co.uk
Not only would more women would be good for business, they would enhance the skills and points of view guiding charities … more

Business needs new laws to bring women on board
Thursday 19th May 2011 – Chris Blackhurst
www.thisislondon.co.uk
Anyone who wondered how far we’ve advanced as a non-sexist society has only had to read and listen to some of the responses to Strauss-Kahn’s arraignment to realise the answer is still not very far….. more

Why are there so few women on the boards of British Charities?
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Guardian Professional
New research published this month by Charity Finance magazine highlighted that women are still under-represented on boards of top UK charities. Women make up just 31% of board members of the top 100 charities. More than a quarter of these organisations have fewer than 25% of women in their boardrooms,…. more

Are women fighting hard enough to get to the top?
17th May by Liz Bolshaw
blogs.ft.com
Getting to the top of any organisation has always required toughness and political skill. If you want to be the chief executive you must be ready to roll up your sleeves and fight it out…… more

The women who rule India
16th May by Soutik Biswas
bbc.co.uk
Is India now living on woman power? The most powerful Indian is a woman – Sonia Gandhi, chief of the ruling Congress party. India’s President is a woman. The speaker of the parliament and the leader of the opposition are women….. more

Gender gap of £6,500 for women’s pensions
1th May by Emma Simon
guardian.co.uk
Women may be striving for equality in the workplace, but are still second-class citizens when it comes to pension provision, according to new figures….. more

Poppy Project Funding Re-directed to Salvation Army
9th May by Amelia Hill
guardian.co.uk
The Salvation Army will take over responsibility for the care of adult victims of human trafficking. The controversial decision marks the official end of Home Office funding to the Poppy charity, which pioneered specialist services for victims of sex trafficking. The withdrawal of funding…. more

Kate Bull and The People’s Supermarket
Tuesday, 17th May
retailgazette.co.uk
Three months after the opening of The People’s Supermarket, Retail Gazette catches up with co-founder Kate Bull to see how things are developing at the new convenience store in central London. Based on traditional cooperative values…. more

Lessons from Leaders – Steve Jobs
Thursday 9th May by Martin Rober Hall
businesszone.co.uk
One of greatest gifts we have in life is that we can model successful people and learn from them, which in turn saves us time and energy in accomplishing our own dreams.
I am excited to be writing…. more

Nadine Dorries’s abstinence bill is a definite no-no
Sarah Diturn – Thursday 5 May 201
www.guardian.co.uk
Dorries wants just girls to be taught how to say no to sex. Such grim sexism is a bad way to prepare children for relationships …. more

How to choose your Networking Group and know when enough is enough
Jacqui Tillyard
www.thewomensbusinessclubs.com
Being a business owner can be a very isolated life, particularly if you work from home. Finding stimulating groups of business people can be a challenge so how do you select the right networking groups to participate in? …. more

Strengthening Women’s Voices in Government
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We women won some battles, but not the war
Thursday 5th May by Anne Johnstone
heraldscotland.com
By tomorrow night the chronic minority status of women in politics will be confirmed by the smallest number of female MSPs since the dawn of devolution. Just 29% of the candidates are women and many are stuck in unwinnable constituencies or minority parties or buried far down regional lists. So the result may be little better than the 22% of seats taken by women in last year’s General Election, a tally that earns Westminster a puny 50th place in the world league table of women’s representation…. more