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09/02/12 – Power of Profile Event
Back by popular demand! CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE Nowadays you need a little bit more to get ahead than the experience you have obtained through your employment or the qualifications you studied so hard for at School or University. In a world where competition is high and opportunities are scarce, we all need [...]
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New Year, New You. It is never too late | Realistic goal setting
Yes it is that time of year again when everyone is talking about New Years Resolutions. Whether you have made yours already or not here are 3 easy tips that will guarantee success. All you have to do is put them in to practice. Sounds easy right? The only difference between “Try” and “Triumph” is [...]
125 Twitter Job Search Tips – Free e-Book | Position Ignition
Known as the world’s favourite micro-blogging site, Twitter is a social media platform where users ‘tweet’ status updates of 140 characters or less. With 200 million registered accounts, Twitter is the “go-to” place for early adopters, professionals, sports stars, managers, directors, celebrities and organizations wanting to give out—and get—instant news, views and information. Some people [...]
The assumptions behind the ‘black marriage crisis’ | Tamara Winfrey Harris
Tyese’s message to women, on NecoleBitchie.com: ‘You’re going to “independent” your way to loneliness.’ Video: YouTube Twenty years ago, just after college, I attended a birthday party for a friend. In the kitchen, standing round the drinks, a handsome guy chatted me up: “So, do you have a boyfriend?” He asked. “No,” I replied. “Oh, [...]
Davos: if women are the future, where are they?
If you attended the opening address by Angela Merkel or the private dinner in which Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee held a group of financiers in thrall with her life story, you might think that fabulous, powerful women dominate Davos. But the fact is, Davos has a woman problem. The first day, which included honours for [...]
Diane Abbott: The abortion counselling consultation is a con – which is why I pulled out
Just when you thought it was safe to go out, the right wing of the Conservative party have resurrected their fact-free campaign about abortion counselling. It is important to stress that there are already full guidelines on abortion counselling from the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The Royal College [...]
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Diane Abbott resigns from abortion counselling working group
Labour MP Diane Abbott has walked out of an all-party group convened to discuss the rules on abortion counselling, claiming it is no more than a front to push forward a anti-abortion agenda without debate in parliament. Abbott says she joined the group in good faith to discuss the issue of the independence of those [...]
How did Chuck Klosterman get Tune-Yards so wrong?
You could say Chuck Klosterman “mansplained” Tune-Yards on Wednesday, when he wrote in Grantland about her second album, Whokill, topping the Village Voice’s annual Pazz and Jop poll of pop writers. Mansplaining is the phenomenon of a man explaining a subject to a woman, despite her being the one with the relevant knowlege and experience. [...]
The problem Tory ‘feminists’ face | Suzanne Moore
“Women taken seriously shock!” No, not a headline from this week, but a response to the four women who spoke at the Leveson inquiry about how the media portrays us. Anna van Heeswijk (from Object), Jacqui Hunt (Equality Now), Heather Harvey (the rape charity Eaves) and Marai Larasi (End Violence Against Women) made their case [...]
BBC sexism allegations: Ed Vaizey to broker meeting with director general
The broadcasting minister, Ed Vaizey, has undertaken to set up a meeting between Nadine Dorries and BBC director general Mark Thompson to discuss the under-representation of women at the corporation, both on and off air. Vaizey told the Oxford Media Convention on Wednesday that he was willing to broker a meeting between Dorries, the Conservative [...]
Ed Vaizey backs Guardian campaign to get more women on BBC’s Today programme
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has criticised the BBC for the lack of women on its flagship radio programme Today, backing the Guardian’s campaign to bring about change. In a House of Commons debate, he cited research carried out by the Guardian which showed that the number of women averaged just 17% of guests and reporters [...]
Where are all the women in Davos?
To register for this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, delegates had to fill in a profile page that is preset with the silhouette of a shadowy man. A year after imposing a quota on the biggest companies to encourage more women to attend, the image still fits the gender profile of more than 80% [...]
Tory women bring feminism out of the ghetto | Louise Mensch
The latest ICM poll is good news for the blues. David Cameron enjoys a five-point lead over Labour at a time when it should be miles ahead, opposing a coalition government that has to make drastic spending cuts and keep our heads above water as Europe threatens financial implosion. Faced with these conditions, Mr (red [...]
The Leveson inquiry must address media treatment of women | Marai Larasi
Lord Justice Leveson is charged with looking at the ethics, standards and practices of the British media. There has been much commentary on the vexed question of privacy versus freedom of the press. I gave evidence to the inquiry today arguing that if Leveson’s recommendations are truly to address ethics and standards in our press [...]
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