Gender Matters

About Gender Matters

Businesses put gender equality and inclusivity high on their agenda. Media coverage of gender issues at work has never been greater, and we are seeing increased legislation to recognise the importance of gender equality including pay gap reporting and shared parental leave policy. Yet despite this attention, women continue to be under-represented in positions of power in organisations. In this Gender Matters podcast series, we explore issues of gender equality at work through conversations with key stakeholders. Reflecting on the gender challenges identified in our 2020 brochure, the podcasts also consider the effects and implications for gender equality at work following the Covid-19 crisis.

Publisher

Professor Valerie Stead, Director, Academy for Gender, Work & Leadership

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jul 2020

Latest episode

11 Aug 2020

Latest episodes

3 of 3 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Aug 2020TRANSCRIPT

   Tackling work-based gender inequalities

   In this podcast Professor Valerie Stead invites Ann Francke, OBE, Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute to reflect on the importance of the gender challenges, featured in the Gender Matters 2020 brochure, for developing better led and managed organisations. Ann discusses lessons we can learn from successful initiatives, and shares her insights on the opportunities and challenges exposed by the Covid-19 crisis, including the practical steps that managers and leaders can take to stimulate change.

2. 

   28 Jul 2020TRANSCRIPT

   Gender inequalities in financial services

   Professor Valerie Stead invites Julia Hoggett, Director of Market Oversight, Financial Conduct Authority to reflect on the  importance of the gender challenges, featured in the Gender Matters 2020 brochure, for the financial services sector. Julia talks about why these challenges are proving so resilient, the deeper cultural issues that organisations need to address to bring about change, and the implications of the Covid-19 crisis and Black Lives Matter protests for moving forward.

3. 

   21 Jul 2020TRANSCRIPT

   Gender Matters Introduction

   What are the key features of the gender pay gap, the leadership pipeline and the challenge of managing the personal and the professional? In this episode Ben Harrison, Director of the Work Foundation talks to Professor Valerie Stead about key aspects of each of the gender challenges explored in the Gender Matters 2020 brochure, including what the challenges look like in the financial services sector, how the challenges combine to reinforce inequalities, and the implications and impact of the Covid-19 crisis.

Inside a recent episode

Tackling work-based gender inequalities

Published 11 Aug 2020 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Sure. Well, firstly, I'll start off by saying that we mustn't forget that gender balance Brings organizations huge business benefits and cultural benefits. So gender balance is just as good for men as it is for women. And I think that's a really important fact. Now, the three things that you've mentioned are many of the pitfalls of why we don't have gender balance in organizations. There is a gender pay gap. It's a stubborn pay gap and it actually gets worse the more in senior positions. We know that male CEOs in particular out earn their female counterparts and bonuses are especially bad in terms of the gender pay gap. […]

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