Marking International Women’s Day, the CEO of the Chartered Insurance Institute speaks to PoliticsHome on what the insurance industry can to do alleviate gender equality.

To mark International Women's Week, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening says Britain must "continue to be bold if we are to deliver real change for women around the world".

This week Coca-Cola European Partners spoke at a ‘Women in the workplace’ conference in which the company urged the Government to work with companies to get more females into the industry.

Companies House are currently unable to withhold information about a Director's former name, even if that would result in their transition being disclosed, says Nicky Morgan MP.

Scope's Head of Policy and Public Affairs, James Taylor, welcomes the Government's commitment to halve the disability employment gap, but urges them to be ambitious with their reforms.

One in two (53%) disabled people have experienced bullying or harassment at work because of their impairments.

At the largest gathering of LGBTI teachers, organised by the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, teachers have reported there is still a long way to go for LGBTI equality in the workplace.

Conservative MP John Glen writing on the importance of his Maritime Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill's second reading says: 'What matters is your ability to do the job – not your sexuality.'

Research reveals four in five managers have witnessed some form of gender discrimination or bias in past year.

Study reveals skilled trades and infrastructure catalysts for greater social mobility

A new report from the Chartered Insurance Institute reveals the risks a woman faces over her lifetime: lower earnings, insecure work, distinct health risks and increased likelihood of domestic violence.

Conservative MP William Wragg says now is the time to ensure UK's children, particularly 'working class boys', have the foundation for life-long success. 

Karl McCartney MP explains why parliament and Government needs to address the ever-increasing gender education gap. 

Commenting on the latest report by Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, said:

Research released today by the Chartered Management Institute and XpertHR reveals that men are more likely than women to have been promoted into senior and higher paying management roles in the past year, with no progress made on reducing the 23% gender pay gap.  

The PSHE Association has responded to research on young women’s aspirations released today by our colleagues at Girlguiding which suggests that just 35% of young women believe that women and men have the same chance of succeeding in their chosen jobs.

The Bar’s representative body, the Bar Council, has responded to today’s ‘Woman at the Bar’ report from the profession’s regulator, the Bar Standards Board (BSB).

A group of the investment and savings industries' biggest institutions has come together to launch a new project aimed at solving poor levels of industry diversity once and for all.

Labour MP Alison McGovern tells PoliticsHome that the battle for equal representation is not yet won, as she maps the progress of the women’s movement from 7 June 1866 to 7 June 2016.

The Bar Council responds to today’s figures from the Judicial Appointments Commission reveal that black and minority ethnic lawyers applying to become judges are far less likely to succeed than their white counter-parts. 

As part of its continued work to encourage a diverse profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is supporting the Birmingham and London Pride festivals for a second year.