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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
15 March 2018
IWD: Celebrating International Women’s Day - because women’s rights are human rights
People ask why, 100 years after (some) women were given the right to vote, International Women’s Day is still celebrated. The results of Kingsley Napley's survey reveal that 85% of us think the purpose of IWD is to discuss what remains to be done to achieve gender parity. In terms of what does still remain to be done, you simply need to flick through this year’s IWD blog series to get an idea of just how wide ranging the issues are.
9 March 2018
IWD: Mumanger
As mothers to young children and Supervisors in the finance department we often find that these worlds collide. We have acquired a set of skills that are transferable in the workplace and particular in the management of time and people.
8 March 2018
IWD: Women and finances on divorce – show me the money
I meet people of all ages and stages of life going through separation and their knowledge and participation in respect of the family's finances varies greatly. In my experience, in a long marriage where the wife has stopped working to have children and the husband is the main or sole earner, this impacts on the roles each take on during the marriage.
8 March 2018
IWD: Guest blog: Who was Baroness Edith Summerskill and why is she relevant today?
The other day I discovered the story of an impressive and yet little known woman in politics. What struck a chord wasn’t just how qualified she was, as a doctor, but also how young she was when she entered public life, at just 32.
7 March 2018
IWD: Speak up now, the time is right
We’re lucky. We’re a top 100 law firm with a female Managing Partner and female Senior Partner. Over 75% of those who work here are women. More than 50% of the partnership are women. Half the firm’s management team are women. The statistics are good. We are certainly unusual in professional services.