Last month, the Women and Work All Party Parliamentary Group (consisting of members from the House of Commons and House of Lords) published a new guide ‘How to Recruit Women for the 21st Century’ to challenge employers and policy makers to address the persistent obstacles that women face when entering, progressing in, and returning to the workplace. Yet again, it showed that closing the gender gap remains a major issue across all major economies globally and one that is holding back the vast potential of women, especially within the corporate world. Interestingly, the best example of how much more needs to be done to address gender inequalities can be found in a recent examination of this problem within the World’s largest economy, the USA. Last year, a report from the management consultants McKinsey – which undertook a survey of over 64,000 employees across 279 major employers - showed that whilst businesses are committed to gender diversity, that commitment has simply not c...
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