Female leaders tend to open people’s perceptions of what is possible for other women in politics – but the job is also still fraught with double standards and unique risks.
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Articles sur Glass ceiling
Ensemble des articles
Feminine leadership encompasses aspects of ourselves that have been pushed aside within conventionally male-dominant spaces. Recentring them can foster leadership that is more inclusive.
The EU is cracking down on pay secrecy, as the pandemic exacerbates gender inequalities.
Gender parity leads to collaboration and a blending of visions, and paves the way for the adoption of more comprehensive and inclusive solutions than if they’re conceived from only one perspective.
Unions must continue to try to recruit and sustain a critical mass of women, particularly visible minority and LBGTQ women, into leadership roles in the years to come.
Women with less income and less education may be hurt most by gender discrimination.
Scandinavian welfare states have made it easier for women to reconcile family and career. What’s odd is that Anglophone nations aren’t far behind.
I went to talk to men at football matches about why they don’t want to become nurses – here’s what I found out.
A range of pressures are forcing companies to consider being more open about pay structures, levels and gaps. What are the risks and potential benefits of being more transparent?
More women are making it to the boardroom but are often promoted to an untenable and precarious leadership position.
Women in science receive less funding than men and apply for smaller grants. This inequality needs to be addressed now.
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But she does not deserve this title.
Most university presidents in the US are still white, male and over the age of 60. But as they retire, is there an opportunity to reshape college leadership and, with it, higher education itself?
Women have always had to fight gender rules in order to gain power.
Here’s how cultural practices are playing a role in many countries in incentivizing parents to educate their girls.
New research shows how women are held back when it comes to starting and growing their own businesses.
The rise of women to very powerful positions has not, to date, opened the way for other women. So there is no reason to believe a Hillary Clinton presidency would change that.
Women sellers are receiving on average about 80 cents for every dollar men earn when selling the same product, according to new research.
If you’re a woman in poverty, you’re at risk of sexual exploitation. If you’ve just become educated and employed, then you’re at greater risk of domestic abuse.
The tennis world is abuzz with the glass-smashing news that Andy Murray has appointed former world number one Amelie Mauresmo as his coach. This time it’s not the glass ceiling that being cracked, but…
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
-
Director & Professor, Stellenbosch University
-
Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
-
Marian Baird est un·e ami·e de La Conversation
Professor of Employment Relations, University of Sydney
-
Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
-
Professor of Comparative Employment Systems, University of Manchester
-
Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
-
Rector, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
-
Dean and Professor of Higher and International Education, Executive Director of SUNY's Strategic, Academic, and Innovative Leadership (SAIL) Institute, and Co-Director of the Cross-Border Education Research Team, University at Albany, State University of New York
-
Professor and Queen's Counsel, Deakin University
-
Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Trent University
-
Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Swansea University
-
Reader in Organisational Behaviour, Aston University
-
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
-
Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London
-
PhD Researcher, University of Manchester
