International Women's Day Archives

The care ceiling: How precarious employment and maternity leave shape women’s careers in academia

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7 March 20256 March 2025

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s vital to reflect on the persistent challenges women face in academia. Research has long highlighted gender inequalities in higher education. In this blog,...Read More >

#BreakTheBias: Not just Numbers, but Effective Women’s Power in Corporations

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7 March 202223 February 2023

According to the recent FTSE Women Leaders Review report, the number of women in FTSE 100 boardroom roles has jumped to 39.1% from 12.5% 10 years ago, making the UK the second…Read More >

International Women’s Day 2021

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8 March 2021

International Women’s Day originated over 100 years ago in the labour movement in the US and Europe. It was adopted by second-wave feminists in the late 1970s and by the…Read More >

Tsar wars: when International Women’s Day led to real revolution

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8 March 201718 November 2021

By Dr Andy Willimott, Lecturer in Modern Russian History, University of Reading International Women’s Day 2017 sees a plethora of excellent and worthwhile events, highlighting many issues still facing women…Read More >

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