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Keir Starmer’s cabinet will have most female ministers in history theguardian.com/politics/artic…

I am honoured to be invited to #BOLDUnConference2024 in Austria this week and am looking forward to meeting with the global BOLD participants and the innovative companies from Austria, to jointly develop new solutions for the challenges of our time. #ShapingTheFuture #Innovation

Killed Women Count: A project highlighting the toll and tragedy of violence against women in the UK theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-int…

UK mothers 'earned £4.44 less an hour than fathers in 2023' #IWD2024 theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

International Women’s Day 2024 brings to the forefront the deeper issues - abuse deletes confidence and restricts women’s ability to move forward in life - “Abuse is main driver of mental ill health in women and girls, say psychiatrists” #IWD2024 theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

101 women narrate A History of Women in 101 Objects audiobook theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

A library named after a poet, playwright and the BBC's first black radio producer has opened in south London. The Una Marson Library was opened by Southwark Council bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Gen Z boys/men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll - Young men hear a lot about girl power but don’t, at this stage in their lives, understand the inequalities that we know are in the world when you hit work and childcare theguardian.com/news/2024/feb/…

Glynis Johns taught me and many others in my generation (and beyond!) about feminism in MARY POPPINS. #RIPGlynisJohns

“This dev conference organizer seems addicted to making up women / Eduards Sizovs, the organizer behind the Devternity and JDKon developer conferences, admitted that at least one woman speaker’s profile was ‘auto-generated.’ “ theverge.com/2023/11/28/239…

One in seven HR heads believe men are better suited to top jobs - “It is shocking that HR managers still believe that men are better suited to senior management than women,” theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard theguardian.com/global-develop…

Imagination drives innovation! Your dreams, like science fiction-inspired technology, can inspire constructive change. Don't restrict your vision! #ShesInCTRL #WomenInSTEM

Speaking as some one watching the mysery of a poorly managed menopause first hand, I smell the overbearing dismissive arrogance of male medics. Be assured, we already talk endlessly about it!! It does not make it better or bearable #menopause @NICEComms

Sixty women at MoD complain of widespread ‘toxic’ and ‘hostile’ behaviour theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

Men hold top four roles in UK government for first time since 2010 theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

FIVARS 2023: Spotlight on M. Curie VR - here I write about the need for more women #xr developers. Gender imbalance in xr dev is of concern. Unity/C# is easy to learn w/ plenty of resources, UE not rocket science, any barrier has to do w/ bias. #ar #vr #mr fivars.net/spotlight/fiva…

‘We need more women,’ says only female winner of Millennium engineering prize theguardian.com/science/2023/n…

Listen to this weeks #SomewhereonEarthTech podcast with @GarethM @GBoddington. An #AI #robot that can detect lumps in the breast - could screening for #breastcancer be done by #robots? And is #AI reducing our #Internet #freedoms? @EmmaWoollacott has more. buzzsprout.com/2265960/138446…

“It’s not that male decision-makers in #tech and #AI need to hear women’s voices, it’s about women sharing the decision-making equally” @HarrietHarman MP Not just the right way, but the more effective one. #AISummit #AISafetySummit @AISummitFringe @BonyoLinda @fawcettsociety