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Balancing the scales: Women's authority and risk-taking still judged differently in marketing and tech

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branding
Women in marketing and tech still see their authority doubted and risk-taking questioned, while male confidence is too often overvalued.
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You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier

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leadership
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flexible work
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engineering
On International Women's Day, a telecom leader argues that mentorship lets women give to gain, multiplying influence across STEM.
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The dominant dialect… and why ChatGPT thought I was a man

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fintech
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financial systems
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open source
A writer discovers AI assumed she was a man, exposing how male-coded authority and historical bias still shape modern language models.
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The weight women carry

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data privacy
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iwd
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opinion
Women are exhausted not by ambition, but by a system that demands 120% just to exist safely while still denying them equal power.
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Cyber leaders urge culture shift to retain women in STEM

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hcm
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hybrid & remote work
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cybersecurity
Cyber and tech leaders say diversity will stall unless firms tackle toxic culture, caregiving bias and back women with real sponsorship.
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AI images skew UK jobs towards white, male workers

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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data science
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martech
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genai
A study finds AI image tools depicting UK jobs in 2025 heavily favour white, male workers, deepening existing gender and racial imbalances.
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IWD 2024: Tackling the gender gap: A call to revolutionise STEM education

Fri, 8th Mar 2024
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education, learning & training
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schools
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iwd
As the International Women's Day 2024 approaches, UK tech industry veteran, Juliet Moran, criticises the education system for the continual underrepresentation of women in technology-related fields.
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Tech sector tackles gender diversity in lead up to International Women's Day

Tue, 5th Mar 2024
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healthtech
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tanium
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iwd
Female tech leaders from Tanium and Sekuro shed light on gender diversity within the industry and the need for inclusive environments to retain women, ahead of International Women's Day.
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New report reveals shocking sexism pervades UK tech sector

Fri, 3rd Nov 2023
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support
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recruitment
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skills shortage
Fawcett Society report has uncovers pervasive sexism in the United Kingdom's tech sector, with 72% of women affected.
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IWD 2023: Achieving gender equality in the IT sector

Wed, 8th Mar 2023
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it industry
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opinion
If you haven't already learnt about the benefits of having more women in the workplace, it's time to educate yourself and your peers.