Structural Exclusion

What do you notice about this image? This is the lineup for BST Hyde Park 2026. Take a moment. See it? Zero female headliners. Five male acts. 2026 – 0 female acts, 5 male 2025 – 2 female acts, 4 male 2024 – 4 female acts, 5 male 2023 – 3 female acts, 5 male… Read More Structural Exclusion

Asking questions

I was at a live event the other day where speakers who had presented then got together to form a panel. The panel had a 3:2 majority of women speakers. The audience were then invited to ask questions. The audience was split about 60:40 in favour of men. Obviously a white man asked the first… Read More Asking questions

A what?

“It’s not a question of whether women are set back in the workplace; it’s a question of how far back will we go: 10 years, 15 years, 20 years?” Elizabeth Gedmark I saw a new word the other day – ‘she-cession’. It was in a piece about how women have been disproportionately affected by the… Read More A what?