Is gender imbalance on company boards an EU issue, or should it be a matter for national governments?

Lynne Featherstone (pictured), equalities minister, yesterday met with representatives from City financial institutions to discuss progress on the female talent pipeline.

Men and women have different leadership strengths, and organisations need a balance of both if they are to be truly effective, claims a new study from Talent Innovations, based on an analyses of...

A survey of 300 female entrepreneurs shows the main reason they leave corporate jobs is that they are fed up with the toxic culture, and not with the glass ceiling.

The appointment of women to FTSE 350-listed non-executive director roles is being held back by selection processes, which ultimately favour candidates with similar characteristics to existing...

Quotas are not the answer to boosting the number of women on boards, according to home secretary and minister for women and equalities Theresa May (pictured).

A report by Deloitte found major UK employers are planning to recruit board members from a more diverse range of backgrounds than has typically been the case.

The European Commission (EC) is “very committed to speed up progress” on gender diversity in the boardroom, according to European Parliament vice chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary...

At the end of the 1990s, the first woman chief executive was appointed at a FTSE 100 firm and it seemed reasonable to expect this breakthrough would create a good deal of change for other women. It...

Are killer heels really your most powerful ally or should you be looking at your inner strengths to succeed in the workplace?

Lord Davies of Abersoch will today publish the first annual progress report on his review of Women on Boards.

Nearly half of women working in the banking industry believe they face career barriers because of their gender, and a third (36%) of men agree, according to a report published this morning by the...