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Our Director @heejungchung.bsky.social will be joining Business In The Community next week to mark #IWD2025 and to discuss overcoming structural barriers to gender equality, and evolving sustainable positive impacts on gender inclusion at work. ➡️ www.bitc.org.uk/event/break...

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EVENT: Bridget Phillipson: an #IWD2025 conversation. Join us, @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social & @kingsbschool.bsky.social as Education Secretary & Minister for Women and Equalities @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social speaks to Julia Gillard & @kellyipsosuk.bsky.social ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridget-ph...

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"A lot of the policies we have in terms of these inclusive policies are... actually for the population as a whole" Our Director @heejungchung.bsky.social at Campaign For Social Science's panel discussion today on how the UK can balance it's economic priorities against growing social inequalities

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"Women occupy more than two in five seats on the boards of Britain’s biggest listed companies after further progress was made last year, but the number of female FTSE 100 chief executives dipped for a time to fewer than 10, according to a report." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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📊 Join us and the @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social for a workshop on how to access & analyse census data from a gender & intersectional perspective 🔓 Open to anyone who feels this could help their work ✅ No data skills required, & grants for travel available ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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We're hiring! We are looking for a Research Assistant to support our work looking at gender quotas in parliaments. ➡️https://www.directtemping.com/jobs/show/16527/research-assistant

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Yesterday our Director @heejungchung.bsky.social shared her expertise with the Select Committee on Home-Based Working in the UK, contributing to a session with the Royal Society for Public Health. At GIWL, we see the employment landscape a key to gender equality inside & outside the workplace.

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NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany: Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left. www.ft.com/content/29fd...

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"Cost savings can arise from both direct and indirect effects, such as improved employee work-life balance and reduced stress leading to reduced absenteeism and turnover" @heejungchung.bsky.social in People Management on family friendly work benefits ➡️ www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1905...

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“Without research and data reflecting the true realities of pay and retirement planning, we won’t be able to address the gap meaningfully and risk perpetuating gender inequality for future generations.” ➡️ inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle...

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New interview with @peoplemagazine.bsky.social @cipd.bsky.social on whether family-friendly benefits are worth it - quick answer... YES because the managing your workforce well is probably one of the most important thing in running your business & society www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1905...

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Our director @heejungchung.bsky.social's recent findings on racial disparities in home working covered in the @telegraphnews.bsky.social ⬇️ 🗞️ News piece: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... 📖 Research: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/racial-...

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Last weekend we were delighted to be at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social's Fawcett Conference, with our director @heejungchung.bsky.social taking part in a fascinating and timely panel discussion on tackling the rise of populism for a feminist future.

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I am absolutely thrilled to be called in as an academic witness for this hearing @hlhomeworking.bsky.social - I will be speaking on the topic of #FlexibilityStigma #Remoteworking and how it impacts #Inequalities and #Societies committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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NEW: Research by GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social finds that while COVID-19 expanded remote work opportunities, racial disparities persist, raising concerns about equitable access to flexible work. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/racial-...

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Registration is now open for the second event in the QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar Series! This month, we will be joined by Prof. Susan Banducci to discuss the work of the TWICEASGOOD project 📆 Wednesday 26 February 🕰️ 3-4pm GMT 📍 Online 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4c5aad...

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NEW PAPER! Shiyu Yuan explores whether COVID-19 removed the inequalities in homeworking practices across gender/racial lines. Although most workers did benefit from the rise of WFH patterns, Black men and Chinese workers not so much. @giwlkings.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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"...there are some issues where actually we see a gap emerge, where younger men are actually far more hostile to gender equality in some regards than even older men – and certainly a huge chasm between young men and young women." @profrosiecamp.bsky.social speaks to BBC Radio 4's Start the Week

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"We need to completely shatter the idea that full-time work has to be 40+ hours. A 30-hour workweek would make it possible for more women to go into leadership" @heejungchung.bsky.social quoted in Forbes on outdated work norms keeping women out of leadership roles www.forbes.com/sites/pklein...

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Speaker announcement📣 @heejungchung.bsky.social (Director of @‌giwlkings.bsky.social) will join our webinar panel to discuss how the UK can balance its economic priorities against large & growing inequalities across society. 📅 26 Feb ⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm 💻 Online Register now➡️ https://buff.ly/3CnXKPc

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The Guardian reports that the National Audit Office has concluded an "epidemic of violence against women and girls" in the UK is getting worse despite years of government promises and strategies [1/2]

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"The study... which analysed performance reviews for more than 25,000 people at 253 organisations, revealed that almost three in five women received feedback labelling them as ‘unlikeable’ in performance reviews, a criticism faced by only 16 per cent of men." www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/...

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Today, we're at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, attending Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference 2025, learning about leading data innovations in women's health and how to combat bias to promote responsible AI based healthcare. #WomeninAI2025

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"Men and women in France are more polarised than ever, according to an annual report on sexism... Women are increasingly aware of gender inequalities while men are increasingly drawn to "masculinist" movements, the government's advisory body on equality found." www.rfi.fr/en/france/202501...

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I believe this is an outcome of late stage capitalism with extreme levels of inequality, lack of opportunities for the younger generation combined with persisting hegemonic masculine notions around what it is to be a man. Frustrated young men who don't have what their fathers had are punching down.

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“Study highlights role of women in Celtic Britain and challenges assumptions most societies were patrilocal” www.theguardian.com/science...

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“At institutions serving lower math-achieving students, the gender gap in PECS [physics, engineering, and computer science] majors has widened dramatically” www.brookings.edu/articles/...

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🙌 We are pleased that two of our team, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & Dr Minna Cooper-Cowles have joined @centenaryaction.bsky.social's Academic Advisory Group, supporting their mission to deliver a gender equal Parliament by 2028. ➡️ Read about GIWL's work in this area: www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/researc...

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Today our Research Fellow Dr Caitlin Schmid is joining the UK Statistics Assembly to discuss the future of census data, drawing on our UK Gender Equality Index and our ESRC -funded census data workshop series we are running with @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social.

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“There’s something spectacular happening in movies and television at the moment... the celebration of courageous, multilayered middle-aged and older female characters being portrayed in all their complexity on screen.” www.theguardian.com/comment...

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"Korea, even within Asia, stands out as being one of the most conservative with regards to... women’s rights." GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social contributes to this Metro article about the 4B movement and its implications for gender dynamics ⬇️ metro.co.uk/2025/01/20/r...

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“... the rise of women in pensions is having a snowball effect. Of the largest 50 pension funds globally, 28 per cent are now run by women — up from 24 per cent in 2023. This puts pensions way ahead of the wider financial sector in gender parity” www.ft.com/content/347edc71...

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“a uniquely Icelandic idea – konur eru konum bestar (women are the best to women)... has gained popularity in recent years as a guiding principle for how women should treat one another.” www.theguardian.com/world/2...

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“Women systematically provide less favourable assessments of their own past performance and potential future ability than equally performing men” www.ft.com/content/d7247e15...

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Yesterday we visited parliament with our interns Devangi, Elona and Amy to discuss modernising Parliament, and we were thrilled to bring our 'Open House' report to the discussion. Thank you to Helen Pankhurst, Dawn Butler and Lucy Powell for having us. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/research/open...

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“While most Americans acknowledge that gender diversity in leadership is important, framing the gender gap as women’s underrepresentation may desensitize the public” www.nyu.edu/about/news-publ...

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“The share of computer science and engineering degrees going to women has increased at the most selective American universities over the past 20 years and is approaching gender parity, while the proportion has declined at less selective schools.” theconversation.com/gender-...

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"I believe we are at a critical juncture in gender equality" Read our new director @heejungchung.bsky.social's plans to address gender equality by reshaping work culture, better promoting inclusive feminism, and fostering greater collaboration with men ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/my-plan...

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“The improvement [of gender parity in business leadership] in Germany reflects the success of a law passed in 2020 that established a mandatory quota for women in the senior management of publicly listed companies.” www.ft.com/content/041af5e3...

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“Even in fields in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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"Perhaps the stigmatisation of home workers actually has to do with the fact that the home workers look too much like mothers" Our new director @heejungchung.bsky.social at the 2024 Work and Family Researchers Network conference on work culture & gender inequality ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=nITC...

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📅 EVENT: Women, Finance and Sustainability Join @kingsbschool.bsky.social and Dr Ylva Baeckström for a Salon discussing gender inequality in financial services 📢 Open to all @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social staff, researchers, & PhD students ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-s...

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We're excited to announce Professor Heejung Chung will take over as Director of @giwlkings.bsky.social in January. As GIWL moves to @kingsbschool.bsky.social, Professor Chung will guide the institute into a new phase, focusing on advancing women's leadership and gender equality globally 🌎

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"In July 2024, the electoral gender gap was at its widest among the UK’s youngest voters, with the difference in their likelihood of men and women voting for Reform or the Greens in July larger in the 18-24 age bracket than any other." www.politicshome.com/thehou...

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"The push by UK companies to diversify their boardrooms is stalling, with fewer ethnic minority directors appointed in 2024 and women still struggling to occupy the most senior roles such as chair and chief executive, new data shows." www.ft.com/content/36e027f9...

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"As early as three, boys will interrupt girls of their age more than boys. By the age of six, both boys and girls believe that boys are more likely to be “really, really smart”" www.theguardian.com/comment...

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"When I was growing up... you did feel that young men were a lot more confident" @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and @juliagillard.bsky.social in conversation at our recent event discussing the root causes of the rise in misogyny 📺 Full event: www.youtube.com/live/rCdDMSj...

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