Women's Issues News

War on Want has called on the Duchess of Cambridge to push the retailer Zara to stop exploiting women in its south-east Asian factories, as it published a report into exploitation of female migrant workers.

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An index by the not-for-profit company Women Count finds that only 17 per cent of the top 100 charities by income have female chairs

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In response to Lord Davies’ 2011 report on the slow rate of progress towards gender diversity in FTSE 100 and 250 boardrooms, Cass Business School, part of City University London, and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) have announced a new initiative. From April to June 2012 they will be running an invitation only seminar series for outstanding female chief executives from the UK voluntary sector who are open to serving on private sector boards.

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As the sector dedicated to social justice, why are charities not making better progress at smashing the glass ceiling? Rowena Lewis says leadership is needed.

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If women in the voluntary sector are to achieve equality of pay and opportunity, the debate needs to move on from the “old-fashioned bra-burning era” and focus on skills, according to Acevo chair Lesley-Anne Alexander.

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An idea from the 20/20 Leadership Commission to appoint an organisation as equalities champion for the sector got short shrift from a panel of women leaders yesterday.

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Seven in ten voluntary sector employees are female, yet just over four in ten charities are led by female CEOs or chairs. And in charities with turnover of £10m or more, women are in the top jobs at just 27 per cent of them.

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Group that campaigns in favour of female priests challenges Charity Commission refusal to register it as a charity

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Charities were told to focus on issues affecting women in the UK, just as they have begun to concentrate on investing in women in the developing world, at a meeting of of fundraisers, academics and trust representatives yesterday.

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