Month: January 2011

Accountancy Firms leading the way through the glass ceiling?

31st January, 2011. It was confirmed that PricewaterhouseCoopers shall set targets for the number of women it employs as partners to allow women to break through the corporate glass ceiling.  Whilst the outcome of Lord Davies’ report on the lack of women in the boardroom of FTSE companies has still to be published[1], PwC has …

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Home Grown Trafficking

21st January, 2011. In the last few weeks, the media has been awash with the details of the recent imprisonment and prosecution of a sex-gang in Derby.  Great emphasis has been placed on the process of grooming and the cultural ethnicity of the gang and the unequal view of women. There has certainly been much …

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So are employers reluctant to hire women?

21st January, 2011. Following on from last week’s blog about the misleading survey, new research has come to light regarding employer’s attitudes to women with children. At first glance, it appears that a survey conducted by workplace provider Regus indicates a worrying new trend: employers appear reluctant to employ working mothers. In the study, they …

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