All posts tagged "Women leaders"
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‘Empowering people with a sense of possibility’: GGF’s Leading Questions podcast with New Zealand’s former public service chief Iain Rennie
Global Government Forum’s latest Leading Questions podcast features Iain Rennie, whose decades-long public service career culminated in eight years as New Zealand’s state services commissioner. In this episode, Iain tells
- Posted June 1, 2023
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‘Unless you fight for it, it’s not worth it once you get there’: Exclusive podcast with South Africa’s cabinet secretary Phindile Baleni
Series 3 of Global Government Forum’s Leading Questions starts off with a bang – our first interview for the podcast with a serving cabinet secretary: Phindile Baleni, South Africa’s secretary
- Posted March 30, 2023
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UK civil service improves diversity, but gender pay gap remains
The UK civil service has improved overall diversity but the gender pay gap – while smaller than in 2020 – remains, new workforce statistics show. In 2021, representation of female,
- Posted July 29, 2021
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Diversity grows sharply among UK senior officials
The UK civil service has seen a sharp rise in the diversity of its senior civil servants over the last year, with rapid growth in the proportion of ethnic minority
- Posted May 12, 2021
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Leading Questions podcast: civil service leaders share what they learned from their time at the top
From working with ministers to managing personal resilience, every episode a current or former senior civil servant reflects candidly on the challenges they have faced in their career and what
- Posted April 15, 2021
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UK civil service data shows gaping gender pension gap, says auditor
There is 47% gender pay gap in pensions in the UK civil service, according to analysis published by government spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) today. The report, Public
- Posted March 19, 2021
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Collective wisdom: women leaders share their career tips for the next generation
Don’t limit yourself, and remember Winnie the Pooh. To celebrate International Women’s Day, senior officials share the advice they wish they had known earlier in their working lives To celebrate
- Posted March 5, 2021
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Canadian government announces new initiatives to boost diversity and inclusion
Canada has launched a new package of measures designed to remove barriers and promote inclusion and accessibility in its public services, emphasising its commitment to improving diversity. The recommendations were
- Posted February 1, 2021
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Research reveals gender inequality among diplomatic corps
New research has revealed a stark gender gap among the senior ranks of governments’ foreign offices, with women on average comprising 25% of ambassadors but 43% of all diplomatic staff.
- Posted October 30, 2020
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Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs
Mastercard’s latest report reveals how the COVID-19 crisis could set back a generation of women in business and features top performing economies and case studies of how governments around the
- Posted October 20, 2020