'Women make up nearly half of the UK workforce — when will men learn Mum can be boss too?'
In some areas we have even gone backwards — 31 per cent of public bodies are chaired by women but in 2018 that figure was 44 per cent.
Perhaps it is less surprising that just over one in 20 chief executives of FTSE 100 companies are women, two in six national newspaper editors and one in five bosses of national sport governing bodies.Samira Ahmed’s victory last week against the BBC shows progress over equality is being made but there's still have a long way to goClearly, the best candidates shouldget these jobs but, too often, women are being overlooked by male selection panels.
But STILL we miss out on the top jobs, despite efforts to close the gender gap in industry — and all the positive campaigning. In Open: Why Asking For Help Can Save Your Life, Frankie tells the story of going straight from shooting the video for The Saturdays’ single My Heart
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