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Close the Gap weekly (6)
This week there are a couple of events to highlight for May, including a conference about the challenges of promoting equality during hard economic times and details of the WiSE Conference.
EVENTS
20th May 2011
Promoting Equality During Austerity
MacKay-Hannah Conference. Keynote speaker is Alison Pritchard, Head of Strategy GEO. Other speakers include, Professor Ailsa McKay, Vice-Dean of CBS and Professor of Economics, Glasgow Caledonian University.
24-25 May 2011
WiSE Conference: Counting on Women- Gender, Care and Economics
Speakers: Professor Marilyn Waring, globally renowned feminist economist and Professor Martha Fineman, internationally renowned law and society scholar.
6 May 2011
The London Mathematical Society is organising this all day event.
19 May 2011
The Society of Petroleum Engineers and Women in Mining are hosting an event for women interested in working in the energy Sector. Taking place in London.
NEWS
José Zapatero's feminista agenda
When the suffragettes were out for the count
What's at stake in the Walmart women's lawsuit
Skills warning over energy sector
The World Bank's approach to gender mainstreaming
Tax and welfare changes will hit women and children hardest, says Ed Balls
Has feminism blocked social mobility for men?
It's nonsense for David Willetts to say that women have stolen men's careers
Female graduates earn 20% less than men
EU Skills makes gender equality commitment
Equality laws under attack by private sector interests
Pension chnages 'will help women and poor'.
RESEARCH
From Opportunity Now: What holds women back? Women and men's perceptions of the barriers to women's progression