International Women's Day

Stagecoach is celebrating its female employees with the launch of a new employee network, an all-female driver bus route and announcing an 18 per cent ...

Carla Stockton-Jones, UK Managing Director for Stagecoach, and the first woman to lead a major transport operator in the UK, said: “I am extremely proud of the work that our people and employee networks are doing to make important changes in our business. In addition, over a third of females are currently highlighted as successors within the business, who have been nominated as top talent to join its internal development programme, ‘Shine Pool’. The busy Service 3 route between Onthank and Shortlees in Kilmarnock will be operated by female drivers for the day, driving Stagecoach’s new 100 per cent, zero-emission buses.

Celebrated annually worldwide on March 8, International Women's Day (IWD) is designed to recognise women's achievements and reinforce equality. This year's ...

For me, the key is to do everything we can to break the stereotypical image of industry and encourage more young girls to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers. Bizarrely, I used to love the smell and the grime and having to use Swarfega to clean my hands after each visit. I still vividly remember when I used to go to see dad at work and wandering around the factory.

There are a number of examples we could look to in judo for strong women, even within our own EJU team, there are Olympians, international coaches and ...

This display of the judo values was enough to bring her nation firmly on to her side. In the first wave, a new season of ‘Survivor’ was aired in Israel and the Israeli public who already knew and loved her based on her physical achievements, were able to learn about the person and have appreciation for her in a whole new light. Since hanging up her competitive judogi she has used her sporting achievements to take on the rest of the world.

Period poverty is the lack of access to menstrual products, educational resources and/or necessary hygiene facilities. This global public health crisis affects ...

A study published by BMC Women’s Health found 14.2% of college-aged women in the U.S. reported struggling to pay for their period products each year, and 10% reported it monthly. Knowing period poverty is so rampant across college campuses in the U.S., faculty and students at IU should be considerate of their peers’ needs. On a holiday such as International Women’s Day, we need to appreciate how far we’ve come to improve gender equity, while still being mindful of where we must go from here. Almost half of the women surveyed said they often had to choose between buying food or sanitary supplies that month. And when (usually male) lawmakers fail to consider the realities of living with a period, these products become even less accessible. But I’d argue almost anyone who’s ever had a period would consider sanitary products pretty essential.