Stories - Womanthology

Meriame Berboucha

Take a selfie, change a life: Using social media to raise the aspirations of the next generation – Meriame Berboucha, PhD Student from Imperial College London researching plasma physics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University

Avye Couloute

Meet the schoolgirl tech leader teaching girls to program and make robots at home during lockdown – Avye Couloute, Founder of Girls into Coding

Vascular-surgery

Transforming surgery into a multiracial, multigender and multiclass profession – Stella Vig, Vascular and General Consultant Surgeon

Prioritising an inclusive culture by supporting social justice and anti-racist initiatives around the world – Victoria Cruz, Senior Manager, Global Business Development & Digital Strategy, Sony Music Entertainment

Krystine-Pearson-Rampeearee

“You don’t look like an engineer!” Creating pin badges to celebrate those who don’t conform to the norm in STEM – Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee, Flight Systems Engineer at BAE Systems

COVID Social Study

Something you can do to help tackle inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic: Share your experiences – Cheryl Lloyd, Programme Head, Education at the Nuffield Foundation

Racial and gender equality: now is the time – Dr Duncan Brown, Author, Researcher, Government Adviser and Womanthology Associate

My Mummy is a Footballer

Calling Womanthology readers: Tired of gender stereotypes? So are we. Please support our crowdfunding campaign. Your help is needed urgently before 8th December – Kerrine Bryan, Engineer and Founder of Butterfly Books

Hanna Kerr

Brighter skies ahead: How colleagues across the COVID-19 struck aviation community are supporting one another – Hanna Kerr, First Officer at Cargo Union

Jacqueline De Rojas

To the tech companies who say they can’t find diverse talent I say try harder – Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, President of techUK

Ella Podmore - McLaren

Bring. It. On. Shredding stereotypes in my dream job developing supercars – Ella Podmore, Materials Engineer at McLaren

Naomi Timperley

Creating a fully-funded, community-driven programme to kick-start the creative digital tech and media careers of 100 women impacted by COVID-19 – Naomi Timperley, Growth and Innovation Consultant at Alt Theory

job interview

Closing the gender gap with behavioural economics and ‘nudging’ – Jo Yarker, Director of Affinity Health at Work and Leader of Professional Doctorate in Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London

Television-studio

Being the first in-house solicitor apprentice in the UK: Don’t let anything put you off achieving your dreams. You can achieve anything you set your mind to – Holly Moore, Solicitor Apprentice at ITV

No Cash No Club

When times are tough it’s time to go cash-free – Isobel Davies, Founder of No Cash Club

Thomson and Scott

Doubling down during lockdown: Taking care of our partners around the world and making the wine industry more inclusive – Amanda Thomson, Founder and CEO of Thomson & Scott

#AceAtAnyAge

Women over the age of 50 are not on the shelf … because there is no shelf! We’re not living in a Jane Austen novel or in the 17th century – Tash Willcocks, Co-organiser of Design Education

Wai Foong Ng

The power of connections and ‘doing good’: Now, more than ever, the most forward-thinking corporates are prioritising giving back to communities – Wai Foong Ng, Founder and CEO of Matchable