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Job listings reinforce traditional gender roles

Research shows that gendered language in job descriptions discriminates against women – but companies are beginning to address it   Traditional gender roles are reinforced by job adverts, a new study shows, which analysed 750,000 job postings by UK job board Totaljobs. Less than one per cent of the adverts […]

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Investment fund launches for female-founded startups

Investment fund manager Innvotec is injecting £10 million into female-led firms to address the UK’s gender funding gap Alternative investment fund manager Innvotec launched a new fund today (29 June) to invest exclusively in UK female-founded enterprises. Its Female Ventures Fund (FVF) will deploy £10 million this year into early-stage

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Five female engineers to celebrate on International Women in Engineering Day

23 June is International Women in Engineering Day, and we’re celebrating the successes of female engineers pushing boundaries in the UK.   Women may make up half of the UK workforce, but they are sorely underrepresented in the engineering sector. Just 12 per cent of engineers in the UK are

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How can being assertive help women progress in business?

Female assertiveness coach Jodes Salt shares five tips on how women in business can assert their way to the top “Men and women are different. That’s a good thing, and each bring different qualities to the table. Once you recognise that neither is better or worse than the other, it’s

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