Over the last few months there has been a lot of noise about gender diversity and the impact this has on both personal and career ambitions, business growth, and even the economy.
We’ve seen actress, Emma Watson, speak eloquently at the launch of the United Nations’ HeShe campaign about the impact of equality as she grew from childhood to adulthood in the public eye, and at the Oscars, Patricia Arquette used her speech to talk about pay equality in Hollywood and wider afield.
And earlier this month, people from Angola and Afghanistan to Australia marked International Women’s Day, including participating in the “Walking in her Shoes” events led by the descendants of the Pankhursts and organised by the charity whose board I am a member of, Care International UK.