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Tag: masculism

See you at the Women of the World Festival

I have an announcement to make. I’ve just had it confirmed that I will be speaking at two panel sessions during next week’s Women of the World Festival (WOW) at the Southbank Centre in London. I’m delighted to have been asked to take part in the festival, the aim of which is to champion gender

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Sky News Morning Story; occupations where men fear to tread

I was recently invited to record a Morning Story for Sky News (a bit like Thought for the Day, but for television). My piece was broadcast today and I chose to speak about gender inequality. In particular, I focused on traditionally female spheres where men struggle to make headway. In the 90-odd seconds allotted to

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Weird parenting moment; the day I joined the Girl Guides

Some time ago I wrote this blog post about the discomfort I felt about my daughter wanting to join the Rainbows. I thought it was about time I gave you all an update. So what happened? Did I put my personal beliefs to one side and allow my daughter to join the Girl Guides?

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Shared parental leave…a policy in need of updating?

Shared parental leave has been in place since April 2015 and new research from the charity Working Families has found that only .5% to 2% of eligible fathers have thus far made use of it. This will come of little surprise to anyone familiar with the policy. Such low take-up figures prove beyond doubt that

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