All posts tagged "Women leaders"

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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
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  Canada tops civil service gender parity rankings, while USA slips down

  Canada has topped a league table ranking G20 countries by the proportion of women amongst their senior civil servants, with a 48.1% figure putting it 1.8 points ahead of second-placed

  • Posted March 9, 2020
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  Gender pay gap widens at four UK departments, falls at 13

  Four central UK government departments have reported that their gender pay gap grew over the last year, while the gap shrank at 13 departments and remained at zero at the

  • Posted February 4, 2020
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  Keeping pace with change: an interview with former Australian civil service chief Martin Parkinson

  In a world of fake news, says Martin Parkinson – the recently-retired secretary of Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – public servants must build a meritocratic, risk-taking

  • Posted October 30, 2019
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  Marathon talks pick out new EU leaders

  After a tortuous set of negotiations, EU leaders have decided that Germany’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, should replace Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission. Candidates for

  • Posted July 7, 2019
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  Japanese civil service chips away at gender inequality mountain

  New figures show the proportion of women among Japanese civil service recruits rising – including on the country’s fast-track leadership scheme.  Figures from the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs released on

  • Posted April 16, 2019
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  Red Cross allies with African bank to promote gender equality

  The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have signed a pledge to collaborate on promoting gender equality and economic opportunities in Africa’s

  • Posted February 17, 2019
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  New Zealand forging ahead with civil service gender equality

  More than half of New Zealand’s civil service chief executive roles are now filled by women, the government has announced. Of the 33 public service departments across government, 17 will

  • Posted December 10, 2018
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  Gender imbalance remains in Nepalese civil service recruitment

  The Nepalese civil service has seen its proportion of women rise from eight per cent a decade ago to 23% last year, new figures reveal – though clear evidence of

  • Posted November 12, 2018
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