According to a recent article from the Bureau of National Affairs, family responsibilities discrimination suits are on the rise, a 400% increase over the last decade. More importantly, the cases that have been filed have had a 50% success rate and several cases have been awarded over $10 million dollars. Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD) encompasses pregnancy discrimination, discriminatory conduct aimed at mothers or fathers, and discrimination directed at workers with family caregiving responsibilities.

More women than ever before are seeing business school and corporate careers as an option, according to two recent influential surveys of global MBA candidates. The QS TopMBA.com Applicant Survey, which received responses from MBA candidates at the QS World MBA Tour in 2009, and the GMAC Alumni Perspectives Survey 2010, from the same period, show startlingly similar results. According to the QS Survey, a record 41% of attendees at their World MBA Tour were women, continuing an upward trend that has occurred over recent years. Meanwhile the GMAC report shows that 40% of its GMAT (General Management Admissions Test) takers were women, the actual number peaking over 100,000 for the first time ever.

W swojej karierze zawodowej Inżynierki, jako kobiety z technicznymi uzdolnieniami, zmuszone są do przełamywania stereotypów. Dość często pada argument że kobiety idą na studia tylko po to aby znaleźć męża. Walczyć z tym to tak, jakby pójść do lasu i nie znaleźć drzewa. Jak wytłumaczyć jednak fakt, że na studiach wielokrotnie jesteśmy najlepsze na roku, prowadzimy projekty na praktykach, doskonale motywujemy grupę i nakłaniamy do pracy zespołowej?

Polska ustawa zasadnicza gwarantuje kobietom i mężczyznom równe prawa w życiu rodzinnym, politycznym, społecznym i gospodarczym. Rzeczywistość – zwłaszcza w sferze biznesu - wygląda jednak inaczej. Charakterystyczna jest tendencja – im wyższe stanowiska, tym coraz mniej pań.

Is it more harder for women than for men to achieve a professorship? For what reasons women give up the pursuit of scholarship, and for what reasons do men? What role in the scientific careers of both sexes plays a mentor figure? Answers to these and other questions learnt the participants of the conference "Gender in science - an obstacle or an asset? Scientific career and private life". "We are looking for answers to the question whether science is +carried+ by men, whether women bring anything into it – apart from their presence" - said Prof. Renata Siemieńska of the Institute of Social Studies at the University of Warsaw, who opened the conference.

As the economy forces major shifts in America’s corporations, the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) urges companies to turn to female leadership to find terra firma—and strongly cautions against allowing women’s advancement to lose ground. Smart companies already are striving for gender balance, and today NAFE releases the NAFE Top 50 Companies for Executive Women, spotlighting corporations whose commendable practices and employment records demonstrate that women matter to the bottom line.

Working parents are set to benefit from a historic reform to paid parental leave. In changes announced in the 2010 Federal Budget, the Labor Government is investing $731 million over five years to deliver a Paid Parental Leave scheme for the first time. From 1 January 2011, eligible parents will receive taxable payments at the rate of the Federal Minimum Wage for up to 18 weeks. This will be paid for by the government, not businesses.

The Fawcett Society have released the results of a survey of parliamentary candidates, including the party leaders, asking whether they would support action on women’s inequality in their constituencies and nationally.Of the 3 major parties 23.1 per cent of Labour candidates and 19.9 per cent of Lib Dems and 2.6 per cent of the Conservatives committed their support. Candidates were asked to say yes or no to whether they would support local and national action on tackling the gender pay gap, improving support for women rape victims and assessing the impact of deficit cutting proposals on women. Both Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg are amongst those candidates that answered yes to all three questions. David Cameron responded with the Tories policy position in the relevant areas.

Talented female professionals within the ASX 200 have the chance to be mentored by some of Australia’s leading CEOs under a new mentoring program set up by the Business Council of Australia (BCA). The aim of the “C-Suite” program is to boost the number of female executives in ASX 200 companies.

Women have been told they can help improve their career prospects by socialising more with their male bosses. Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout said that being in the minority in a lot of firms, especially within the senior ranks, makes it hard for women to progress, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.

Opracowanie na podstawie badania ankietowego przeprowadzonego przez Fundację EdukacyjnąPerspektywy od stycznia do lutego 2010. Dane dotyczą roku akademickiego 2009/2010.

A watershed in university participation has been reached - for the first time a majority of young women in England are going to university. Provisional figures, showing university entrance for 2008-09, show that 51% of young women entered higher education - up from 49% the previous year.

A survey from the United Kingdom has raised some serious questions about whether or not pursuing flexible working arrangements in law can ultimately hinder career prospects. The Australian Women Lawyers (AWL) association has urged partners to lead by example on work/life balance, following the study which found female lawyers believe pursuing flexible work arrangements can damage their careers.

Women's equality should be part of the EU's 'Europe 2020' strategy, Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, current holder of the EU's rotating presidency, said. Spain's socialist government led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has made gender equality as one of its priorities. Zapatero's government counts nine women and nine men, including the prime minister. Among the Spanish government's key commitments are protecting women and fighting against abuse and gender violence, keeping men who harass their partners with aggressive behaviour away from their victims.

44% of men across the UK think women in top jobs are not unusual and that men and women are equal, contrasting with almost half that - 23% - of female respondents who were asked the same question in a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP examining views on women in business.

If diversity was based on nothing more than comparisons between the number of women and men in a company, then many organisations, particularly in the legal profession, would appear to have made considerable progress. Although there is still a long way to go, the ratio of women in senior positions has risen dramatically over the last couple of decades.

A new report from The Corporate Library, an independent corporate governance research firm, concludes that assumptions that women are now well represented on corporate boards are not entirely valid. The report is based on a review of The Corporate Library’s database of more than 30,000 board positions in the Russell 3000 index.

Business is the number one college major for women and men in America, according to a recent analysis by the AAUW (formerly the American Association of University Women) of the Department of Education's Condition of Education 2009 report, writes Ruchika Tulshyan for Forbes. Business degrees now comprise 18% of all degrees awarded to women, nearly twice as high as the second most popular major, health professions and clinical sciences.