Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility 2022

International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is marked every year on March 31. It is a time to celebrate transgender people around the globe and the courage it takes to live openly and authentic...

Jacobs - Celebrating our Transgender Community

by Jacobs

Empowering all to thrive: Celebrating our Transgender Community   Jacobs is built on the foundational value of “we live inclusion”, powered by a culture where...

MOD Empowered Women Blog – Ellie

by Ministry of Defence

I never saw myself, or expected, to end up working in the Ministry of Defence, or with the British Army. I graduated from the University of Southampton in 2019, with a degree in English Literature...

Celebrating Women in Aviation: Nicky Patterson & Lorraine Hawthorn

by NATS

In celebration of Women of Aviation Week, Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we’ve been speaking to some of the fantastic women who work at NATS and finding out exactly how and why...

LW Theatres - Celebrating Women in Technical Roles

We spoke to Miriam, the Head of Electrics for the Cambridge Theatre about being female in a traditionally male environment and being part of the LW Theatres family. Miriam Spencer on the set of the R...

International Women's Day with UKA – Jazmin Sawyers

On the 8th March, it is International Women’s Day, and to celebrate, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion advocates at UKA have spoken to several stakeholders in the sport about this year’s theme,...

Breaking the bias at Defence Infrastructure Organisation

by Defence Infrastructure Organisation

What does #BreakTheBias mean to you? International Women’s Day (IWD) took place on 8th March with the theme #BreakTheBias, so now is a good time to reflect upon and celebrate some of the fantastic ac...

International Women's Day with UKA – Sarah Benson

On the 8th March, it was International Women’s Day, and to celebrate, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion advocates at UKA have spoken to several stakeholders in the sport about this year’s theme,...

Skanska: Breaking the bias in construction

In a week that has celebrated International Women's Day and Women in Construction Week, we've been highlighting just some of the incredible work that women are accomplishing in construction. This w...

The FA's first arts programme celebrating the history of women's football

by The FA

Arts Council England has awarded £800,000 to UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 in England to run an exciting arts and cultural programme alongside the tournament, thanks to National Lottery players.     Thr...

Breaking the Bias - Women in Defence

by Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Kate alongside colleagues from DIO and Landmarc, receiving a joint commendation for collaborative working (Copyright Landmarc Support Services) Hi. I’m Kate Sharman, Assistant Head of the UK Defenc...

Celebrating Women across Defence and the Civil Service

by Ministry of Defence

  Hi, I’m Nicola and I have just taken up the post of Head HR (Civilian) Army in February 2022. My role has oversight of 8500 civil servants who work in 300 locations in 13 different countries. I a...

Accenture Academy is accelerating equality for all

  International Women’s Day is always a day of reflection. And for me, a time to look back, but more importantly, to look forward.  In 2017, we set a goal to become a gender-balanced workforce at...

Skanksa Celebrates Women in Construction - Lydia Widdicks

This week three of our female colleagues from Cementation Skanska are sharing their experiences of working in the construction sector and what they enjoy most about their roles. Today Lydia Widdicks,...

Skanska celebrates women in construction

In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2022 and Women in Construction Week, three of our female colleagues from Cementation Skanska share their journey into construction Today, Katie...

Capita called out by the Gender Pay

by Capita

  Last week, companies in the UK were called out on Twitter by a clever bot exposing corporate hypocrisy. The bot identified businesses who had tweeted about International Women’s Day, and then mat...

My experiences as a DIO ecologist

by Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Jenny (pictured left) has been working as a DIO ecologist for nearly two years. [Crown Copyright / MOD 2022] March is Women’s History Month, so this month we’re reflecting on women’s experiences in...

The FA: Women's football developing across all societies in England

by The FA

On International Women's Day 2022, our long-serving women's development manager Rachel Pavlou looks at how the women's game continues to develop across all societies in England... To everybody who lo...