The 2018 Grammys Shut Women Out
Only one female solo artist was awarded in the major English-language categories all night, despite cursory nods to #TimesUp and #MeToo. Lauren O’Neill Lorde, left, […]
January 2018
How This Millennial Founder Built A Global Mentorship Community For Women In Tech
By Kate Talbot , WOMEN@FORBES Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Powerful words from Sarena Bahad, an award-winning community builder, digital nomad, and founder of Women in […]
How Jessica Chastain got Octavia Spencer five times the pay
By BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain have been close friends since working on The Help – and now, Chastain has […]
MP calls for tougher laws after women ‘groped’ at men-only charity gala
Equalities chair says act needs ‘real teeth’ after allegations about men-only event Rob Davies and Anushka Asthana The chair of the parliamentary committee on women and equalities, […]
7 ways to stop setting yourself up for failure
Now that the year is on tick tock and we have already gone past mid-January no matter how slow or quick you go, each […]
women’s march 2018
“We’re not going anywhere”: the 2018 women’s marches show the movement’s endurance Some wondered whether marchers could sustain their energy for a whole year. On […]
Stand back – working women coming through
By Michael Pascoe Mark 2017 down as the year of the working women’s surge: Females accounted for the majority of the sharp 403,000 rise […]
Carey Mulligan: No strong film roles for women
By BBC NEWS Carey Mulligan has hit out at what she says is a lack of leading film roles for women. The 32-year-old star of […]
Women still only account for 11% of top film directors
BY BBC NEWS Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionLady Bird director Greta Gerwig (left) and Wonder Woman’s Patty Jenkins enjoyed success in 2017 Only 11% of the […]
The 30-year-old woman who designed a $1bn business
By BBC Media caption‘Anyone can jump in and design something really quickly,’ says Melanie When a 22-year-old Melanie Perkins nervously pitched her start-up idea to […]