International Women's Day stories

UK tech leaders urge firms to turn 'Give to Gain' into year-round action to back women's careers, not a one-day International Women's Day slogan.

Senior women across fintech, private equity and cyber call for faster gender parity, urging sponsorship, structural change and bold hiring.

A former BigLaw lawyer explains how swapping the safe partnership track for legal tech unlocked purpose, innovation and a front-row seat to AI.

As data centres power AI and cloud growth, leaders warn its next big innovation must be a diverse, empathetic and inclusive talent model.

From actuarial roots to claims leadership, one insurance executive calls for tech that serves empathy and urges women to build bold networks.

Female-founded startups earn up to 35% higher returns, yet receive just 2.3% of capital, leaving a vast revenue edge underexploited.

UA92 partners with Fujitsu to spotlight gender gaps and galvanise male allyship in boosting women's leadership across business and academia.

Tech and finance leaders urge urgent, measurable action on gender parity, warning progress on representation and pay remains stubbornly slow.

Women in UK tech don't need more pep talks; they need pay, promotion and parental policies built to keep them and let them rise.

Women shape our world, yet lack power over AI systems that govern work, wealth and welfare - where are the true godmothers of AI?.

Boosting female representation in AI is key to cutting bias, building trust and unlocking more innovative, profitable business outcomes.

Female founders, starved of capital yet rich in resolve, are quietly building tougher, smarter businesses through a whole heap of bullshit.

Women in cybersecurity, long trained to question and validate, are uniquely placed to lead the era of risky, fast‑moving AI tools.

A 24-year-old founder argues women must build the AI shaping power, or watch systems encode the blind spots that once shut them out.

Autistic women in tech urge firms to move beyond rhetoric, demanding intentional inclusion and safer workplaces as barriers persist.

Women must help design agentic AI in Asian banking, or tech will hardwire old gender biases into the financial systems of the future.

As India marks International Women's Day, women warn of rising cyberstalking, deepfakes and online abuse curbing their digital freedom.

Women educators are quietly wielding green education as soft power, reshaping how the next generation learns, leads and lives sustainably.

An Iranian tech leader calls for women to claim space in AI and redesign leadership so work and family expand, not limit, their futures.

India's industrial corridors risk locking in unequal workforce structures unless inclusion, mobility and care design guide early planning.