The Government is not in favour of quotas for women on boards, but they are important as a “backstop” for companies that continually fail to hit targets, according to secretary for business,...

Cherie Blair, a QC and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, has called for workplaces to be more gender-balanced. Will introducing quotas be effective in addressing corporate gender...

Workplace diversity programmes should look beyond gender and towards other areas such as age and social mobility, according to Newton Investments CEO Helena Morrissey.

A lack of gender diversity at senior management level is hampering the performance of power and utilities (P&U) companies, according to a report by professional services company EY.

Female executives in the UK’s top companies are two times less likely to be promoted than men.

Business needs to move from discussing the ‘why’ of diversity to talking seriously about how to achieve it in reality, diversity champion Helena Morrissey said last night.

This year’s Female FTSE Board report revealed that the number of women on the boards of FTSE 100 companies has risen to 20.7% and that the target set by Lord Davies for 25% women on boards by 2015 is...

Women now account for 20.7% of FTSE 100 executive board members, an increase from 12.5% in 2011, a Cranfield report on female board representation has found.

Women are just as aspirational as men and are being held back by entrenched gender roles, a new report by KPMG and business psychologist firm YSC has found.

A disproportionate focus on gender in the diversity debate means other areas risk falling behind, says Liz Bingham, EY's managing partner for talent in the UK and Ireland.

A 'role model revolution' is needed to bring more women into executive positions, according to the chief executive of Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Executive search organisations are not putting women forward for executive roles, despite having sufficient competence for the roles, an expert has warned.