Category: Industry
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An interview with Beth Roscoe
Beth Roscoe is an entrepreneur taking a firm seat at the table. In this instalment of our empowering series, we interviewed Beth to find out what inspires her at work, her goals for this year and to unveil her career story so far. Can you introduce yourself? I’m Beth, 27,…
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An interview with Serena Lo
Serena Lo is an entrepreneur taking a firm seat at the table. In this instalment of our empowering series, we interviewed Serena to find out what inspires her at work, her goals for this year and to unveil her career story so far. Can you introduce yourself? I’m Serena Lo,…
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An interview with Natalia Szyszka
Natalia Szyszka is an entrepreneur taking a firm seat at the table. In this instalment of our empowering series, we interviewed Natalia to find out what inspires her at work, her goals for this year and to unveil her career story so far. Can you introduce yourself? My name is…
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Carolyn Harris MP: The woman behind the UK’s Menopause Taskforce
Twenty years after losing her eight-year-old son in a road traffic accident, Carolyn started struggling with severe depression which she attributed to unprocessed grief and exhaustion from work. After intense research and a 12-year stint on anti-depressants, she realised she was eight years into the menopause and had no idea.…
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Facing your unknowns: Women and the wariness to build financial literacy
Disgraceful’s Ahuzar explores the notions of financial literacy, upbringing and confidence from the perspective of a Middle Eastern girl. Imagine your routine morning, where you wake up and immediately reach for your phone. You go on Instagram and scroll through the countless make-up tutorials, celebrity edits and the restaurant reviews…
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Stitch and bitch
Stitch and Bitch is a sociable knitting group which I created in Manchester. As it wove itself into my life over the past year, it’s given so much more back to me in return; it’s changed my life for the better. When life started to surprise me with plot twists,…
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The gender pain gap
It should be surprising that in 2023 women and femmes are still faced with medical discrimination, but it is the sad reality for hundreds of women around the world. We’ve all heard of the gender pay gap, but the gender PAIN gap might be a new one to you. The…