15 February 2018
IWD: Influential BAME Women
In the weeks preceding International Women’s Day 2018, it’s important to remember the role of BAME women and some of the trailblazers who have pressed for progress on behalf of all women of colour.
14 February 2018
IWD: 100 Years of Votes for [Some] Women: an LSE Law Celebration – A Review
Last week, the LSE Law department hosted the above public lecture to mark 100 years since the coming into force of the Representation of the People Act 1918. The event featured speeches from a spread of remarkable female lawyers: Baroness Brenda Hale, current President of the Supreme Court; Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, former director of the human rights group Liberty and current Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales; and Professor Nicola Lacey, Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy at LSE. Jeremy Horder, Head of the Law Department and Professor of Criminal Law at LSE, chaired the discussion.
13 February 2018
IWD: Generation #: The power of social media in the fight for progress
In October 2017, a simple hashtag used on Twitter ignited a spark around the world and immediately went viral across social media. The American singer/actress Alyssa Milano posted on Twitter asking people who had experienced sexual violence to reply ‘me too’ to her tweet. Her aim was to try to highlight the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment experienced by women.
12 February 2018
IWD: International Women's Day – did you know?
International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world on 8 March. It is a day when women are recognised for their past achievements whilst also remembering that there is still more to do to achieve gender parity.
8 March 2017
IWD: Just asking for a conversation - why International Women’s Day is still relevant
One wet weekend in January, when a group of colleagues and I were half way through planning an internal event for International Women’s Day and grappling with how to present it to the firm, the importance of celebrating the day became crystal clear to me.
