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Exclusive-Pope to give women a say in appointment of bishops
Date: July 6, 2022
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said he wants to give women more top-level positions in the Holy See and disclosed that for the first time he would name women to a previously all-male Vatican committee that helps him select the world’s bishops. The role of women in the Vatican hierarchy was...
Can magic help to protect nature? This woman thinks so
Date: June 9, 2022
By Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – Megan Swann is a trail-blazing female magician whose tricks hold a vital message. When she was born in 1992, the traditionally male-dominated world of magic had only just started allowing women to join the Magic Circle magicians’ society. Now at 30, Swann is not only the youngest and first...
What advice would you offer to women that want to enter the finance world?
Date: May 6, 2022
Nicole Meyers, VP Strategic Account Management at Personetics In my experience, building up expertise in a specific subject matter within fintech is paramount. When you are the resident expert within an organization, business problems and deal flow organically come your way. As I’ve moved up the ladder, I’ve witnessed first-hand the disparity in...
AI: Diversity in will equal fairness out
Date: April 27, 2022
By Louise Lunn, Vice President, Global Analytics Delivery, FICO discusses the critical need for diversity in the people behind data analytics “The United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science earlier this year threw a spotlight on achieving full and equal access and participation for women and girls in science, citing the importance...
Why the future of FinTech is female
Date: April 22, 2022
For all the outstanding women leading the way in the fintech industry, overall female representation remains staggeringly low, at both a leadership and workforce level. Despite representing 47% of the overall UK workforce, women make up just 14% of fintech boards, and 29% of wider fintech roles – a stark reminder of the gender imbalance...
How to encourage more women into FinTech
Date: April 21, 2022
By Uma Rajah, CEO and Co-Founder, CapitalRise Women are massively underrepresented in the fintech industry, with less than 30 per cent of the UK’s fintech workforce being female (Deloitte). Education has a key role to play in encouraging more girls to take up STEM subjects at school and in further education and go on to...