July 2014 - Womanthology

Sky Sports Women's Rugby World Cup

International Rugby Board Chairman Bernard Lapasset – Women’s Rugby World Cup will raise the bar for the women’s game

Amy Johnson

Emma Bossom, Business Development Director at the Royal Aeronautical Society – Diversity in the aviation industry: What would Amy Johnson think?

BBC gender diversity

Amanda Rice, Head of Diversity at the BBC – Developing female talent and improving gender diversity

Light bulbs

Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor – Compliments or criticism: Let’s (not) get personal

Map of Japan

Kay Deguchi, General Manager at AbbVie on breaking through the bamboo ceiling in Japan

Five tips to get the most from your LinkedIn – Ngaire Moyes, Director of Corporate Communications for the EMEA Region at LinkedIn

Toys in nursery

Maternity and Paternity benefits: Research reveals large disparities between different organisations – Jennifer Liston-Smith, Director of Coaching & Consultancy at My Family Care

Women in advertising

President of Women in Advertising & Communications London, Lindsay Pattison on her new role leading a group of supportive and spirited women to develop talent in the industry

Students

Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive of Universities UK – Higher education applications up in total, but universities are still having to work hard to encourage women into technology and engineering

Older women at work

Gemma Tetlow, Programme Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies – Higher labour force participation of older women expected over the next decade

Money

Lori Fouché, CEO of Prudential Group Insurance – Long-term financial confidence gap exists among American women

Woman on beach

How do we keep it simple and live in the moment? – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Kate Grey

Kate Grey, Paralympic Swimmer and Sports Reporter – Life is made up of unplanned events that can make you or break you

Anne Morrison

Anne Morrison, Chair of BAFTA on being only the second woman to be appointed to the post in the Academy’s 67 year history

FIM Women in Motorcycling

Nita Korhonen, Director of the FIM Women in Motorcycling Commission is on track to increase female participation in the sport

Social enterprise

Social Entrepreneur, Julie Lawn of Cute Dog Consulting tells Womanthology why she wants social enterprise to break traditional business models and change (a small bit of) the World for women

Grand Depart

Stefan Wyman, Sports Director and Manager for the Matrix Fitness – Vulpine Women’s Cycling Team on why it’s time for a top class Women’s cycle race in Yorkshire to build on the success of the men only Grand Depart

Goldfish

Senior Female Retention: What women really want – Carolanne Minashi, Head of Diversity, Employee Relations and Employee Engagement at Citi