Women in the boardroom

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• ‘Young women need female role models to inspire success’

  Guardian Professional, 22 Oct 2014: Former managing director of Penguin, Helen Fraser, discusses which women inspired her to achieve

• Must the Anthropocene be a Manthropocene?

  20 Oct 2014: Kate Raworth: A working group exploring a potential new geological era has only one female scientist. This gender bias within the scientific community needs consigning to the past

• Why women are under-represented in science and engineering

  Guardian Professional, 20 Oct 2014: Confidence, stereotyped language and visiblity: Julia King explains five factors that hold women back

• How Dutch and German train and bus firms are taking UK taxpayers for a ride

  12 Oct 2014: Business leader: the UK government has poured money into transport infrastructure. And thanks to privatisation, state-owned European bus and rail operators reap the benefits

• Appointing women at senior level helps businesses, says Adnams’ first female executive director

  9 Oct 2014: Karen Hester started out in 1988 as a part-time cleaner at the Suffolk brewer and now runs the company’s day-to-day operations

• 60% of Britain’s top firms still to reach government target for female directors

  9 Oct 2014: 61 FTSE 100 companies still haven’t met Lord Davies’ target of 25% female representation on boards, government data shows

• RBS wants more women in senior roles

  3 Oct 2014: More than half its staff are female but the proportion of executive roles held by women is 20%, and none sits on the main board

• When will we stop calling successful women ‘abrasive’?

  3 Oct 2014: A study of work appraisals shows that personal criticisms are levelled at women far more than men. And it’s just one example of how society tries to bring high-flying women down to earth, writes Laura Bates

• Sexist attitudes in Australia are on the rise, young women tell gender study

  1 Oct 2014: Women aged from 14 to 25 say they will avoid certain careers because of sexism and less than 1% want to be in politics

• Bankers feature highly on world's most powerful businesswomen list

  18 Sep 2014: Fortune magazine's annual rankings include high placings for Ana Botín at Santander and Gail Kelly at Westpac

• All companies will have to justify executive pay under City code

  17 Sep 2014:

  Financial Reporting Council review asks firms to report on continued ability to operate and consider boardroom diversity

• Kingfisher names French DIY boss Véronique Laury as new chief executive

  10 Sep 2014: Laury takes over at owner of B&Q and Screwfix to become one of five female FTSE 100 chief executives

• We can't 'ban bossy' if women in tech are being told to know their role

  3 Sep 2014: Jess Zimmerman: It doesn’t matter how many girls we send to space camp when we’re busy dropping them into industries that punish women for working too hard

• Jane Martinson: 10 lessons I've learned from being Guardian women's editor

  2 Sep 2014:

  Jane Martinson: From the internet to gender stereotyping, this job has changed my views of virtually everything I see and hear. Here are just some of the most important

• Lean in, lean out, whatever: working mothers still don't get enough credit

  20 Aug 2014: Jessica Valenti: Even the best dads get a ‘fatherhood bonus’ just for coming back home. Get over it and get to equal parenting already

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