With the news of the introduction of gender quotas for businesses in the Netherlands this month, Emily Bell considers the arguments for and against such quotas as a means of achieving diversity in the workplace.
Women in Leadership Improving Inclusivity for All
According to the World Economic Forum, it will take over 200 years to close the global gender pay gap. Globally, women are paid only 63% of what their male counterparts earn, but as females remain […]
The Glass Ceiling We’re Not Even Close to Breaking
Sheryl Sandberg, the CEO of Facebook, graduated university in a pool of graduates with a roughly equal male-female ratio. Above her was a male-dominated hierarchy that she imagined would decline as she progressed up the […]
#Empower: A movement sure to be carried on
LUU Women in Leadership Society have cemented their status as one of the most active groups around campus, with a host of recent sell-out events aimed at empowering women as they leave university and navigate […]
Business woman of the week: Indra Nooyi
(Photo by : RAN) CEO of PepsiCo and Advocate of gender equality in business After 12 years of working for PepsiCo, in 2006 Indra Nooyi became the first female CEO and was later recognized by […]
Our culture of acceptance is failing women in business
( Photo from www.thedailybeast.com ) Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, was one of the first high profile women in business to shed light on the difficulties facing women in the workplace: her […]