2014 - Womanthology

Fiona Tatton at Downing Street

Super-sized review of Womanthology 2014 – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Biscuiteers shop front

Harriet Hastings, Co-founder of Biscuiteers – Creating an e-commerce brand for British biscuits that are going places

Daughter Water

Something in the water? In Australia, male CEOs with daughters have smaller gender pay gaps in their companies – Yolanda Beattie, Public Affairs Executive Manager at the Workplace Equality Agency

Liz Willmore, Head of Cross Site at notonthehighstreet.com on bringing together independent, small UK businesses and offering a route to market to help them do battle with the high street giants

Apples

It’s not just time that’s of the essence: Feelings of belonging at work also help create a better sense of work-life balance – Michelle Ryan, Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology at the University of Exeter

Commuters

Greater flexible working could add £11.5 billion annually to the UK economy – Jacqueline de Rojas, Area Vice President, Northern Europe, Citrix

Airbus Industrial Cadets

Gary Griffiths, Head of Early Careers at Airbus in the UK on the importance of a diverse workforce and how differences make the difference

Maxine Peake as Hamlet

Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chair of Arts Council England – Drawing on diversity to avoid becoming ‘male, pale and stale’

Mark Carney - Bank of England

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England on hosting a career speed networking event where 45 high profile female role models showcased opportunities in finance for 120 girls from state schools in London

International Olympic Committee

Making progress on the long road leading to full equality in sport – Lydia Nsekera, Chair of the International Olympic Committee Women and Sport Commission

IET Award winners 2014

The UK is missing out on half of its potential engineering and technology workforce by failing to attract women into the industry – Michelle Richmond, Director of Membership & Professional Development at the Institution of Engineering and Technology

School pupils

Katerina Rüdiger, Head of Skills and Policy Campaigns at the CIPD on closing the gap between education and the world of work for young people

Dubai Palm

Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor – Dubai: Dream it. Wish it. Do it. Comfort zones – who needs them?

Tackling gender gaps

Giving men space to safely engage in order to tackle the issue of gender gaps in the workplace – Jeff Barth, Program Director for Catalyst’s Men Advocating Real Change community

Ro'Ya winners

Martina Hund-Mejean, Chief Financial Officer at MasterCard – The women of Ro’Ya are becoming a force to be reckoned with as the winner is awarded US $50,000 top prize in Dubai

Caitlin Moran

Producing films with strong female roles and empowering content: Film Producer, Alison Owen on securing the screen rights to Caitlin Moran’s ‘How to Build A Girl’

Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House

Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon makes a bold commitment to smash the gender glass ceiling to smithereens by challenging all workplaces to have a 50:50 gender split on boards by 2020

Smarter Working

Phil Flaxton, Chief Executive of Work Wise UK talks about the win / win for employers and employees brought about by Smarter Working