20 February 2018
IWD: For the guilty working mother
I am 54 and have always worked as a Lawyer. I have two grown-up sons and when one of them was visiting recently I asked, at a relaxed moment, whether he had been aware that I was working extremely hard when he was young ( running a team of medical negligence lawyers, often working at weekend and in the evenings after bedtime). His response was an unequivocal yes.
20 February 2018
IWD: The Hollywood code of conduct - from the casting couch to the disciplinary panel
2017 was a good year for women. Or perhaps it just seemed so, because all years preceding it had, in terms of sexual abuse, been so very bad.
19 February 2018
IWD: We need to talk about Non-Disclosure Agreements
Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) form an integral part of commercial life. If two businesses want to merge or even just enter into a contractual relationship, it is standard practice that their discussions are protected by a NDA. In the modern world information is both power and money so it is not surprising and entirely legitimate that organisations and individuals seek to protect their interests in this way.
19 February 2018
IWD: We need to talk about periods *blush*
Every day, women all over the world are taking part in a monthly “walk of shame”. Each of us has a preference for how we smuggle our tampon or pad to the toilet, be it the tried and perfected method of taking a handbag to the toilet or hiding a tampon up a sleeve.
16 February 2018
IWD: The Brontë Sisters and The Supermodel v The Mansplaining Academic
The fallout from Lily Cole’s appointment as creative partner of the Brontë Society says a lot about how women are sometimes judged in the workplace.
