Gender equality: whats holding back greater change?

Women are significantly underrepresented in leadership positions globally they make up just 23 of national parliamentarians 26 of news media leaders and 15 of corporate board leaders. While the battle for gender equality has been waged for decades progress is still slow. In the last 10 years the percentage of senior management roles held by women worldwide has increased by just 1. Panel discussion at Kings College London on 11 April 2018 featuring: The Hon Julia Gillard AC the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Australia Katharine Viner the first female Editor-in-chief of the Guardian Zamila Bunglawala Deputy Director Strategy and Insight Cabinet Office Race Disparity Unit Joanna Ludlam partner at law firm Baker McKenzie who in 2016 was named as one of The Lawyer magazines Hot 100 for her practice To explore perspectives about whats holding back greater change and to discuss how we can better coordinate activity across sectors.,

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