Magazine | February 2012

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Have your say - why do women leave management?

25th February 2012

Why you think women leave corporate jobs after mid management?

Do they really just leave to ‘have babies’ or is there something else that drives them out?

Why is Lord Davies having to resort to the threat of quotas and is that threat enough?

Over 400 women have already had their say ....Eve-olution has extended its deadline especially for our readers so that you can add your voice to this significant landmark survey and share with your networks.

Hurry - survey closes this Monday 27^th February.

Eve-olution's landmark survey Women Leaders Speak Out to see if there has been progress for women in the workplace and invite yo…

25th February 2012

Lindsay Sharman reports on her encounter with sexism in the Green Party. (Surely not? They have a women leader don't they? Ed)

A chap from The Green Party contacted me last week to offer me a 10 minute slot on a bill headlined by Alistair McGowan, for a Green Party fundraising event. I accepted, and we started exchanging emails to finalise details.

This morning, I received this -

Hi Lindsay,

I’m really sorry but I am going to have to withdraw our offer. It’s nothing personal, I was asked if I could increase the diversity of comics on the night, so we’ve got a 63 old transexual comic instead of a second female artist. Sorry you have be…

24th February 2012

So… once again the debate about women in comedy is fuelled by the announcement of the self styled comedy industry awards, run by online magazine Chortle.

And this latest controversy wasn’t even started by us! The ground swell of opinion emanating from social media circles, chat rooms and even the national press is that the nominations are conspicuously light on female talent, which is quetionable when so many women were nominated and won accolades in the British Comedy Awards in December 2011.

Our view is that the British Comedy Awards are balanced out by the voting public, even though industry figures including Funny Women founder, Lynne …

22nd February 2012

Why are women still the poorer sex?

Do some women really get sacked because they’re pregnant?

When will we know that men and women are equal?

These are just some of the issues raised by our cultural partner EQUALS?. We were involved in their launch last year and have continued to support The Equals Campaign which aims to raise awareness of inequality and promote equality between the sexes. With International Women’s Day fast approaching, the Equals message is more important than ever. IWD celebrates the achievements of women across the world and gives them the recognition they deserve.

Equals is a partnership comprised of over 30 charities and arts organi…

21st February 2012

We enjoyed last year’s WOW (Women of the World) Festival so much that in March, we’re coming back! The festival is a celebration of women across the globe with live music, talks, debates, theatre, film and of course some fabulous comedy all taking place at London’s Southbank Centre from Friday 9th – Sunday 11^thMarch.

We will have a Funny Women stall in the market place over the weekend, so drop by and say hi any time from Friday 9^th- Sunday 11^thMarch. It was fantastic to see so many Funny Women supporters come to visit us last year, we’d love to see you again and meet some new faces. This year’s Funny Women Awards is jus…